Sending a contact to an external email

[Janet]

I have a user that would like to send one of his contacts to an external
client. When the email arrives to the client, the contact is not attached
anymore. Is there a way to attach the contact card to an email? We are using
Outlook 2003.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have a user that would like to send one of his contacts to an
external client. When the email arrives to the client, the contact is
not attached anymore. Is there a way to attach the contact card to an
email? We are using Outlook 2003.

If you sent it as an attachment on a Rich Text format message and the
recipient doesn't use Outlook, then it's no wonder the recipient didn't see
the attachment, since only Outlook can accept Rich Text messages (well,
Eudora is supposed to accept them as well, but nothing else). I have
successfully transferred contacts fo non-Outlook recipients by selecting the
contact in the Contacts folder and clicking Action>Forward as vCard.

 

[Janet]

We use HTML format when sending/receiving emails here and in our earlier
version we were able to send contact cards out to external clients if they do
not use Outlook. I did try forwarding the contact card as a vCard and it was
still blocked. Any other ideas? Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

We use HTML format when sending/receiving emails here and in our
earlier version we were able to send contact cards out to external
clients if they do not use Outlook. I did try forwarding the contact
card as a vCard and it was still blocked. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Define "was blocked". Did the other person get a message saying explicitly
that the attachment was blocked? What client are they using?

 

[Janet]

The user has had problems sending the contact card to others that use
different programs. I am not sure what exactly programs they use. The client
will receive the email, but with only two or three lines of the contact card.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The user has had problems sending the contact card to others that use
different programs. I am not sure what exactly programs they use. The
client will receive the email, but with only two or three lines of
the contact card.

A vCard is just a text file. It will look something like this:

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Tillman;Brian;G.;Mr.
FN:Tillman, Brian G.
ORG:MY Org
TITLE:Senior IT Professional
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=0D=0A
TEL;WORK;VOICEXXX) XXX-XXXX
TEL;HOME;VOICEXXX) XXX-XXXX
TEL;CELL;VOICEXXX) XXX-XXXX
TEL;WORK;FAXXXX) XXX-XXXX
ADR;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;1234 Any Street=0D=0AMy Mail
Stop;Anytown MI;XXXXX-XXXX;United State=
s of America
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:1234 Any Street=0D=0AMy Mail
Stop=0D=Anytown, MI XXXXX-XXXX=0D=0AUni=
ted States of America
X-WAB-GENDER:2
URL;WORK:
ROLE:Senior IT Professional
BDAY:
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[email protected]
REV:20051021T153831Z
END:VCARD

You can save the contact as a vCard and send that as an attachment and most
mail clients will be able to process it.