Thunderbird Address Book feature next to useless

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:07, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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?

True. Yet I just exported my evolution address book in vcard format and
imported it into a PHP eGroupware address book without a problem. I seem
to recall having trouble with a csv method involving getting addresses
from sylpheed into netscape. I decided it was not 'the way to proceed'.

So, like any common format, vcard is handy. But not perfect. I can live
with handy...

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