Thanks Brian,

I had thought of that. I tried setting all my format defaults to both HTML
and Plain Text and restarted Outlook each time. None of it worked. If I sent
a single contact in VCF format it came though OK and can be immediately add
to my contacts. A List however came though as a flat text file even when
told to use VCF.

I also thought it had something to do with .MSG file format, but when saving
a true message as .MSG file it can be sent without difficulty. This problem
seems to be restricted to Contact and List objects.

An additional question: Is it Outlook or Exchange that is failing here?
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Tim

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Tim Munro wrote:

- If I try to send the Contact to any external (to Exchange) address
the attachment exists but is empy. Also the attachment icon is an
envelope, rather than the Contact icon.

Sounds like you're sending a Rich Text format message to the outside.
Instead, try attaching the contact as a vCard to a plain text or HTML
message.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]