DOCUMENT:Q246536 22-JUN-2001 [exchange] TITLE :XCLN: New vCard from Contact Contains Info from GAL PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2000 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Outlook 2000 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you create a vCard from a contact, the vCard is populated with information from the global address list. CAUSE ===== The contact's e-mail address resolves against the global address list. RESOLUTION ========== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 2000. WORKAROUND ========== To work around this issue, you can create a one-off address for the e-mail address from your contact. To create a one-off address: 1. Open the contact. 2. Click the Address Book icon in the contact for e-mail. 3. In the Select Name window, click New. 4. In the New Entry window, click "In this entry only" at the bottom of the window. 5. Click Internet Address, and click OK. 6. Type in the SMTP address you require in the Display Name and E-mail Address fields, and then click OK. This creates the entry as a one-off address in the contact. MORE INFORMATION ================ For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q195365 OL2000: How to Create an x.400 E-mail Address for a Contact Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbOutlookSearch kbOutlook2000Search kbZNotKeyword3 Version : WINDOWS:2000 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.