exactly, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
or, go to your contact manager (like evolution) in the address book
select your own entry - right click and Save as vCard. Other apps may
do same thing by way of export - before you attach it to your
signature, look at it in a regular editor (vi gedit etc) and you will
see that it is the kind of file that could be hand edited. at least
for the first couple dozen.... once attached to your signature, or
individual email, those getting your email will be able to easily save
your contact information into their addressbook
on a web page you would use a microformat called hCard to achieve the
same level of automation - or better make your own FOAF entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCard
vCards can also be expressed as QRcodes and many smart phones will do
the smart thing with them. or look for ZBar to read them from your PC
that reminds me - I should visit vistaprint soon - thx Ed
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
>
> vCard is the abbreviation for Virtual Business Card (.vcf file), the standard for creating and sharing contact information over the Internet. you can send a contact to another person by forwarding it in vCard format. A recipient who uses an email and personal information manager program that supports vCards, such as Entourage, can open the vCard and add the contact to his or her address book.
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> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:09 PM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Ed. I agree with your assessment of html email
>> and I use text email almost exclusively; but I was just
>> hoping to find a way to do what I described.
>>
>> So, what is a "vcard" and how could I use it to achieve
>> the described objective?
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> ===== Ed replied: =====
>> > Joe - you want to sent HTML email - embed (not attach) the image like
>> > any website and then add the link - make sure to add some javascript
>> > just for fun too (just kidding)
>> >
>> > make sure your email works in a text only world too - many, including
>> > myself consider HTML email an abomination/security problem and
>> > routinely have email servers strip that crap off at the front door -
>> > others dump the whole email into the spam box.
>> >
>> > it would be a shame to spend all this time designing the email, just
>> > to make it undeliverable - you might consider attaching your card as a
>> > vCard, that would be more useful.
>> >
>> > argh! I can't believe I'm enabling this.... just attach a vCard, that
>> > would actually be useful
>>
>>
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