outlook 98

the following problem also occurs when attempted manually from the GUI

in code, i create a contact item, attach it to a mail item, send the mail
item.

  Set OutlookMailItem = OutlookApplication.CreateItem(olMailItem)
  Set OutlookContactItem = OutlookApplication.CreateItem(olContactItem)
  OutlookMailItem.Attachments.Add OutlookContactItem, olByValue
  OutlookMailItem.Send

before it is sent, if i make a copy of the mail item and move it to a
neutral folder and examine the mail item, it's attachment is clearly of type
contact item (double-clicking it shows a contact item in the default view)

however, once the mail item arrives on the client, its attachment is now
interpreted as a mail item (envelope icon) , with very poor results (double
clicking the attachment shows that the contact item's fields have been
mapped onto a mail item -- with only the Body property actually showing up
as the mail item's text)

you might have more luck in
microsoft.public.outloook.program_vba

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