Thunderbird Address Book feature next to useless

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, James McDonald wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, James McDonald wrote:
> >> <VENT_SPLEEN>
> >> Regarding Thunderbird
> >>     Can't export to VCard
> >>     Can't attach an address as a VCard
> >>     Can't copy and paste address text into an email...
> >>
> >> VCard project has just begun and no files released yet....
> >
> > vcards are so fscking lame & annoying.  Behind outlook usage in general,
> > vcard is about the most annoying thing in email these days (other than
> > spam).  What's wrong with a good 'ole sig file?
>
> Cross platform compatibility... VCards are a quasi standard and most clients
> including Thunderbird use them. However the sig file is for an individual
> no?

Compatibility with what exactly?  vcards are a really poorly designed
version of a sig file.  What does a vcard do that an ordinary, plaintext
sig file can't?

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