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Bug 240013 - VCard Import Not Compliant: TEL (Phone) Property Not Handled Properly
VCard Import Not Compliant: TEL (Phone) Property Not Handled Properly
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Contacts
pre-1.5 (obsolete)
Other other
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Chris Toshok
Evolution QA team
evolution[interop]
Depends on:
Blocks: 240756
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-19 23:18 UTC by fraley
Modified: 2013-09-10 14:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description fraley 2003-03-19 23:18:34 UTC
Description of Problem:

The evolution vcard import requires that a work and facsimile telephone no
be encoded in a certain manner that is not following the vcard RFC.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1.  Create a vcard in a text file with a work and fax no such as:

TEL;WORK:123-123-1234
TEL;FAX:123-123-1234

2. Import the vcard via File-->Import

Actual Results:

Examine the resulting contact to see that the telephone numbers were not
imported.  

Expected Results:

It should have been imported according to the vcard RFC, but instead
evolution requires the telephone numbers to be encoded as follows:

TEL;WORK;VOICE:123-123-1234
TEL;WORK;FAX:123-123-1234

How often does this happen? 

Every Time.

Additional Information:

http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcard-21.ps

According to the RFC, the telephone type can be BBS, CAR, CELL, FAX, HOME,
ISDN, MODEM, MSG, PAGER, PREF, VIDEO, VOICE, WORK, or ANY combination of
those types.  There is no specification that WORK requires VOICE, MESSAGE,
or FAX, and so on...
Comment 1 Chris Toshok 2003-07-08 08:49:25 UTC
marking 1.6
Comment 2 Gerardo Marin 2003-11-30 08:46:03 UTC
Moving all 2.0 milestones to 1.5.x, please retarget if needed.
Comment 3 Chris Toshok 2004-01-26 17:18:28 UTC
unfortunately, we need working importers before I can really work on
this (it *may* be fixed with the current 1.5 code.)
Comment 4 Gerardo Marin 2004-01-28 05:44:42 UTC
Retargeting 1.5.3->1.5.4 bug reports. Sorry for the spam.
Comment 5 JP Rosevear 2004-03-23 17:22:30 UTC
Importers have been working for a while now.
Comment 6 Chris Toshok 2004-05-24 17:57:38 UTC
Fixed this by using the following two rules in the importer:

1. If there's no "location" specified (HOME/WORK/OTHER), add TYPE=OTHER.
2. If there's only a location specified, add TYPE=VOICE.