Re: How does Gnus handle vCard?

[Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your prompt reply and help.

On 2007-11-19 10:38 +0000, Andrew J. Cosgriff wrote:
> Leo wrote :
>
>> Dear Gnus Developers,
>>
>> Gnus/5.130000 Emacs/23.0.50 (20071101) Fedora 8 (gnu/linux)
>>
>> Every now and then I receive emails with vcard attachment. Gnus simply
>> just doesn't display them. Is vcard discouraged in exchange of contacts?
>
> Go and get vcard.el from
> http://www.splode.com/users/friedman/software/emacs-lisp/ - 
> once you load it, Gnus should magically display your vcard.

vcard.el is loaded in my ~/.emacs. However I am using the vcard.el from
Jemarch the author of addressbook.el.

http://es.gnu.org/~jemarch/downloads/addressbook/vcard.el

>> [I have attached a vcard in this post]
>
> So you did. Here's what I see, after loading vcard.el and doing a M-g on
> the article:
>
>> +--------------------------------+
>> | Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
>> | FSF                            |
>> +--------------------------------+

I am still seeing nothing for vCard attachment.

>
> Enjoy,
>  Cos (who can't believe it was 9 years ago that he wrote that tm-vcard
>  hack. how time flies!)

Indeed and Gnus remains as my only mailer. I hope it can cope with new
technology and standards.

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