V Cards received as .txt in Outlook 2002

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Ruth Berk - 13 Jan 2004 21:19 GMT

some users receive v cards as a txt file instead
of .vcf. Need to know what settings to change so that
they will receive correctly (as a vcard)

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William Tatum[MSFT] - 27 Jan 2004 18:59 GMT

Hi Ruth!

There are no settings that can be changed for this particular issue. You and the recipient
have different e-mail servers which can allow or block specific e-mail formats. A Vcard is
sent using Rich Text Format (RTF). If a recipient cannot receive this file in its original
format, it usually means that their specific mail server is stripping out or blocking RTF
content.

Check your sent-items folder since all mail shown in this folder shows the exact format the
message was sent to the recipient. If it says there is a vcard attached, then it is up to the
recipient to give you another account or ask their mail admin to change their format
restrictions.
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>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: "Ruth Berk" <ruth.berk@illyusa.net>
>Sender: "Ruth Berk" <ruth.berk@illyusa.net>
>Subject: V Cards received as .txt in Outlook 2002
>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:19:14 -0800

>some users receive v cards as a txt file instead
>of .vcf. Need to know what settings to change so that
>they will receive correctly (as a vcard)

William R. Tatum III - MCSE, MCSA
Partner Technical Lead - Outlook/Office Setup
Microsoft Tecnnical Support
for Platforms and Business Applications

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 27 Jan 2004 19:47 GMT

This is not quite correct. A vCard is a text file with a .vcf extension
whose contents comply with the vCard standard. Like any attachment, it can
be sent with any message format and has nothing in particular to do with
RTF.

Ruth, what kind of mail server are you using? Are these files coming from
inside or outside your organization? Do you know what program the sender(s)
are using to generate them?

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Django Reinhard - 29 Jan 2004 09:44 GMT

Hi,

I have exactly the same problems, and I don't know what to do.
I have two sites, each running Exchange Server 5.5 (two domains).
I can't send contacts with mails to outside (let's say from mydomain1
to mydomain2)
It's the same with all other domains.
Within my domains, sending contacts is no problem.
(All recipients from mydomain1 and mydomain2 can send and receive
contacts the normal way)

But the outside recipient always just has a standard envelope-sign in
his attachement, and by opening it, it turns out to be just a normal
emailmessage.

Any help?
Thanks,
Martin

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 29 Jan 2004 11:43 GMT

Make sure the users either expressly use the Send as vCard command or mark
the recipients for rich-text (and you check to make sure the server is not
stripping RTF).

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> Thanks,
> Martin

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