On 05Aug2019 07:07, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/4/19 10:36 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
vCards (vcf files) are normally in Text with a possibility of a data block for a photo.
Just try opening it with your favorite text editor
.
Ok, I think she sent them to me as "text messages" at first? Not sure
what happened but Thunderbird showed them as .txt attachments which
when viewed with notepad was missing essential information, e.g.
telephone numbers. Resent and now Thunderbird displays the essential
stuff:
Dr. MAISENBACHER.vcf
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//iPhone OS 12.3.1//EN
[...]
Not pretty but it is sufficient for the "what to do while she is away
emergency list." And Mousepad also displays the attachment as in
Thunderbird. It appears that the problem was the way the files were
sent, what I received was corrupted or not complete ...
I would guess that this was attached with a Content-Type header of
"text/plain", which says that the attachment is plain text. It _should_
have been attached as text/vcard, which says that it is a contact. I'm
surprised that this was incorrect if it came from an iPhone as the
PRODID header above hints.
Hmm. I just shared myself a contact from my iphone by email and the .vcf
attachment has Content-Type "text/directory". Thunderbird shows it
inline as text but does know that it is a vcard file.
If you have the original email, what Content-Type does it show for the
attachment headers?
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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