Try using the Forward as vCard command for easiest interoperability.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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>I am trying to forward contacts (or vcards) to another email account and 9
> out of 10 times the attachment appears as a note rather than a contact and
> it
> does not contain any of the original content.