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Jesper Frier
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:44 am    Post subject: How to distribute a vCard Reply with quote
Your vCard is your electronic business card with telephone numbers, address, e-mail etc.

Use vCard module for automatic distribution with information from Active Directory.

How to create a vCard manually
1. In a Contact folder, click to select your contact information.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. In the Save file as type box, click to select VCARD Files (*.vcf).
4. In the Save In box, select the folder where you want to save the vCard file, and then click Save.
5. Then link to the vCard file from your email signature. Or link to a Active Directory field containing the link. Use that last method for corporate control.

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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:00 pm    Post subject: vCard Reply with quote
Hi Jesper.

Do you have any suggestions for which AD-field to use for the link?

Or bad experinces with other fields?

BR. - Carsten
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:34 pm    Post subject: vCard Reply with quote
Hi Carsten,

Actually, you can use any available field except Country/Region.

Or use the vCard module - Read more here ...

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Walter
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:29 pm    Post subject: Re: How to distribute a vCard Reply with quote
Jesper Frier wrote:
Your vCard is your electronic business card with telephone numbers, address, e-mail etc.

How to create a vCard
1. In a Contact folder, click to select your contact information.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. In the Save file as type box, click to select VCARD Files (*.vcf).
4. In the Save In box, select the folder where you want to save the vCard file, and then click Save.
5. Then link to the vCard file from your email signature. Or link to a Active Directory field containing the link. Use that last method for corporate control.


I have tried this but am not getting the vcard into the signature. I set up a UNC path to the folder where I saved the vcard files. I placed this path in the IP Phone field in AD (we don't use that field). I set the IP Phone field in the signature and ran it but the result is just putting the UNC path instead of the actual vcard file. Is there something else that must be done?
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:39 pm    Post subject: vCard Module? Reply with quote
Hello Walter,

Please let me know if you are using vCard Module or the manual procedure above?


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Jesper
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Walter
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am using the manual procedure right now because i don't have the vcard module at this point.

All vcards are in a shared folder. I placed the UNC path to each user's vcard in the AD field "IP_Phone". I added this field to the bottom of my signature template and ran it. The result gives me just the UNC path instead of the actual vcard file.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Please let me see the UNC path you use? (Assume you are using a public URL)

This URL example will work:
Code:
http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/images/((IP_phone)).vcf


Or this ... (having the complete URL in the AD field)
Code:
((IP_phone))




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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
In AD on a user's account I have entered the following in the IP Phone slot.

\\msnnt01\DATA\vcard files\filename.vcf.

Then in the signature template I have placed the Field ((IP_Phone)) in the place the vcard should be placed.

I am not using the %USERNAME% tag because the vcard files are not named that way.

This is all on an internal network.
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Jesper Frier
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I tested your UNC path in AD field ((IP_phone)) and got this in my email signature which is what I expected:
Code:
\\msnnt01\DATA\vcard files\filename.vcf.

Exclamation Please change netshare name to vcard_files Exclamation

But I cannot understand why you would use UNC - instead of URL Question
Your link will not work for external recipients. Also you have no link to the vcf-file.

I would put this in your ((IP_phone)) AD field:
Code:
http://www.emailsignature.eu/phpBB2/images/jesperfrier.vcf

If you really want UNC, then use this in your ((IP_phone)) AD field:
Code:
\\msnnt01\DATA\vcard_files\jesperfrier.vcf.


And then put this in your email signature template:
Code:
<a href="((IP_phone))">Get my Outlook vCard</a>


After runing Sign.exe, you wil have this result in your email signature:
Get my Outlook vCard

OK now?
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