Outlook 2003 vcard notes

[Andrew]

We are starting to upgrade users to Outlook 2003; When
someone sends a vcards attachment to a 2003 POP3 user, the
vcard arrives without notes.

If I change the user to use exchange services (with cache
mode off) instead of POP3, it works fine. If cache mode
is on, it still doesn't work...the vcard arrives with no
notes.

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

This is a known limitation of Outlook's vCard implementation. I suspect that
when you're sending with Exchange, you're sending an actual Outlook contact
item, not a vCard. That works, of course, only if the recipient also has
Outlook.l

 

[Chuck Kahn]

And here I was hoping that future versions of Outlook would *add*
vCard functionality (see thread "exporting other fields to vCard" from
2002-02-12).

Instead, they're scaling it back!

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Smith;John
FN:John Smith
NOTE;Notes should appear here.
REV:20040209T002451Z
END:VCARD

If I make a file called "John Smith.vcf" containing the above and open
it with Outlook 2003, the note field appears blank.

This was not the case in Outlook 2000 or XP.

So what are Outlook 2003 users supposed to do when they get a vCard
email attachment with invisible notes?

 

[George]

Sue,

Yes but that does not explain one thing. If you look at the contents
(notepad) of the exported vCard you will notice that the NOTES data is
contained within that vCard export.

So if the data is contained within the export why isn't it importing /
creating a new contact with that informatin which is contained within the
vcf?

g

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Because, as I said before, Outlook 2003 just doesn't work that way. In other
words, it's broken.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Chuck Kahn]

vCard fields that still work in Outlook 2003 include:

N:Last;First;Middle;Title;Suffix
FN:First Middle Last Suffix
NICKNAME:Nickname
ORG:Company;department
TITLE:Job Title
TEL;WORK;VOICEhone Business
TEL;HOME;VOICEhone Home
TEL;CELL;VOICEhone Mobile
TEL;CAR;VOICE:car phone
TEL;WORK;FAX:Fax Business
ADR;WORK:;Office;Street;City;State;ZIP;Country
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Office=0D=0AStreet=0D=0ACity,
State ZIP=0D=0ACountry
ADR;HOME:;;Home Street;Home City;Home State;Home Zip;Home Country
LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Home Street=0D=0AHome City, Home
State Home Zip=0D=0AHome Country
ADR;POSTAL:;;;other address city;;;other address country
LABEL;POSTAL;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLEther address city=0D=0Aother
address country
URL;WORK:http://www.webpage.com
ROLErofession
BDAY:Birthday
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[email protected]

Can we hope that future updates of Outlook will restore the NOTE
field?

 

[Chuck Kahn]

vCard fields that still work in Outlook 2003 include:

N:Last;First;Middle;Title;Suffix
FN:First Middle Last Suffix
NICKNAME:Nickname
ORG:Company;department
TITLE:Job Title
TEL;WORK;VOICEhone Business
TEL;HOME;VOICEhone Home
TEL;CELL;VOICEhone Mobile
TEL;CAR;VOICE:car phone
TEL;WORK;FAX:Fax Business
ADR;WORK:;Office;Street;City;State;ZIP;Country
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Office=0D=0AStreet=0D=0ACity,
State ZIP=0D=0ACountry
ADR;HOME:;;Home Street;Home City;Home State;Home Zip;Home Country
LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Home Street=0D=0AHome City, Home
State Home Zip=0D=0AHome Country
ADR;POSTAL:;;;other address city;;;other address country
LABEL;POSTAL;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLEther address city=0D=0Aother
address country
URL;WORK:http://www.webpage.com
ROLErofession
BDAY:Birthday
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[email protected]

Can we hope that future updates of Outlook will restore the NOTE
field?

Here's a workaround: Have whoever's sending you a vCard attachment
put their Notes in the Profession field (which maps to vCard's ROLE:
field) and then cut & paste it back into Notes before saving the
contact.

It's a pain. It wasn't necessary in previous versions of Outlook.
But it works. Maybe a better solution will present itself later.