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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2006Forwarding Contacts - coming across as email files
I am trying to Forward Contacts from one Outlook to another via email. On the sending computer - the contacts attach to the email as "contact" files. When I receive the email on the 2nd computer, the attachments are now "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a year with these two computers, what has changed? > I am trying to Forward Contacts from one Outlook to another via > email. On the sending computer - the contacts attach to the email as > "contact" files. When I receive the email on the 2nd computer, the > attachments are now "emails" instead of contact type files. I have > been doing this for over a year with these two computers, what has > changed? Sounds like the format of the message being sent has been changed on the sender's Outlook.  SignatureBrian Tillman I usually forward these contacts from two computers to mine, and I am having the same issue with both. When I go look in the sent folder - the attachments are contact files, but when I receive them on my computer they are now email files. Is there a way to change the formating of how my computer receives them? > > I am trying to Forward Contacts from one Outlook to another via > > email. On the sending computer - the contacts attach to the email as [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sounds like the format of the message being sent has been changed on the > sender's Outlook. > I usually forward these contacts from two computers to mine, and I am > having the same issue with both. When I go look in the sent folder - > the attachments are contact files, but when I receive them on my > computer they are now email files. Is there a way to change the > formating of how my computer receives them? Like I said, it's a SENDER issue. Since you are doing the sending, you must make sure that you are sending them in RIch Text format. The two places to check that are Tools>Options>Mail Format and the Properties dialogue of the E-mail address of the recipient contact record you're using. SignatureBrian Tillman Make sure that the format for the message is rich-text, not plain text or HTML, and that you've double-clicked the person's address and marked it to send in Outlook rich-text format. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I am trying to Forward Contacts from one Outlook to another via email. On > the sending computer - the contacts attach to the email as "contact" files. > When I receive the email on the 2nd computer, the attachments are now > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a > year with these two computers, what has changed? I tried that, still the same result?!?! > Make sure that the format for the message is rich-text, not plain text or HTML, and that you've double-clicked the person's address and marked it to send in Outlook rich-text format. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a > > year with these two computers, what has changed? Ask the recipient what format they're receiving the message in -- plain text, RTF, or HTML. Is Exchange your mail server? Have you tried using the Forward as vCard command instead? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I tried that, still the same result?!?! > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? I am doing the sending and receiving (from my bosses' computers to mine). I receive the contacts as email type attachments, but I don't know how to know what type of text it is. Not on an Exchange serve. I have tried vCard - same result. > Ask the recipient what format they're receiving the message in -- plain text, RTF, or HTML. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a > >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? You should be able to look at the title bar of an open message to see what format the message is in. Check your settings in Tools | Options | Mail Format | Internet Format. The Outlook Rich Text option should be set to keep the format as rich-text. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I am doing the sending and receiving (from my bosses' computers to mine). I > receive the contacts as email type attachments, but I don't know how to know [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a >> >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? I have made the setting changes, but still get the same results? > You should be able to look at the title bar of an open message to see what format the message is in. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >> >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a > >> >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? Does the recipient get a rich-text format message? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I have made the setting changes, but still get the same results? > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> >> >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a >> >> >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? No, HTML, but I have changed the settings. > Does the recipient get a rich-text format message? > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> >> >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a > >> >> >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? So were you describing what happened before you changed the settings or after? SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > No, HTML, but I have changed the settings. > >> Does the recipient get a rich-text format message? >> >I have made the setting changes, but still get the same results? >> > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> >> >> >> > "emails" instead of contact type files. I have been doing this for over a >> >> >> >> > year with these two computers, what has changed? |
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