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Old April 20th 07, 10:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sprinks
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I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open it.
Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by either their
server or by a Windows setting?

Thank you.

Sprinks
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Old April 21st 07, 12:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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Sorry, both the crystal ball and corporate spy are on vacation.

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After furious head scratching, Sprinks asked:

| I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open
| it. Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by
| either their server or by a Windows setting?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Sprinks
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Old April 23rd 07, 08:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sprinks
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Milly,

I suggest you try to meet users where *they* are, rather than coming from
your techier-than-thou, self-aggrandizing perch a la SNL's Nick Burns (MOVE!
..... You're welcome!)

You'll find excellent role models at the Access forum, where computer and
other professionals focus on solutions.

Sprinks

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Sorry, both the crystal ball and corporate spy are on vacation.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sprinks asked:

| I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open
| it. Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by
| either their server or by a Windows setting?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Sprinks

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Old April 24th 07, 02:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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I find my perch quite comfortable, thank you.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Sprinks asked:

| Milly,
|
| I suggest you try to meet users where *they* are, rather than coming
| from your techier-than-thou, self-aggrandizing perch a la SNL's Nick
| Burns (MOVE! .... You're welcome!)
|
| You'll find excellent role models at the Access forum, where computer
| and other professionals focus on solutions.
|
| Sprinks
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Sorry, both the crystal ball and corporate spy are on vacation.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Sprinks asked:
||
||| I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open
||| it. Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by
||| either their server or by a Windows setting?
|||
||| Thank you.
|||
||| Sprinks
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Old April 21st 07, 10:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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That's unlikely. Why don't you provide more details? Like your Outlook version, the recipient's Outlook version, exactly what steps you used to send the vCard, and what the recipient saw when he tried to open it.

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"Sprinks" wrote in message news
I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open it.
Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by either their
server or by a Windows setting?

Thank you.

Sprinks

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Old April 23rd 07, 09:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sprinks
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Yes, some more detail would've been helpful. My version is Outlook 2003
(11.8010.8036) SP2, and I dragged and dropped it from the Contacts folder
onto the body of the email. The receiver's version and steps are unknown.

An onsite colleague suggested opening the Contact record and choosing
Forward as VCard which worked, and while I don't understand why, will do it
that way in the future.

Thank you for your response.

Sprinks

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

That's unlikely. Why don't you provide more details? Like your Outlook version, the recipient's Outlook version, exactly what steps you used to send the vCard, and what the recipient saw when he tried to open it.

--
Sue 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

"Sprinks" wrote in message news
I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open it.
Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by either their
server or by a Windows setting?

Thank you.

Sprinks


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Old April 23rd 07, 09:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Your colleague is 100% correct. Dragging and dropping a contact does not send a vCard. "vCard" specifically refers to a .vcf text file formatted according to the appropriate RFC. To send one of those use the Forward as vCard command or save the contact as a .vcf file and attach it to your outgoing message.

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Sue 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

"Sprinks" wrote in message ...
Yes, some more detail would've been helpful. My version is Outlook 2003
(11.8010.8036) SP2, and I dragged and dropped it from the Contacts folder
onto the body of the email. The receiver's version and steps are unknown.

An onsite colleague suggested opening the Contact record and choosing
Forward as VCard which worked, and while I don't understand why, will do it
that way in the future.

Thank you for your response.

Sprinks

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

That's unlikely. Why don't you provide more details? Like your Outlook version, the recipient's Outlook version, exactly what steps you used to send the vCard, and what the recipient saw when he tried to open it.



"Sprinks" wrote in message news
I sent a colleague my VCard today, but he said he was unable to open it.
Does anyone know whether the attachment might be filtered by either their
server or by a Windows setting?

Thank you.

Sprinks


 




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