After losing a number of contacts on my phone recently, I was able to recover a backup of some vcf files to restore into Windows Live Mail to sync and merge the missing contact data. Unfortunately, I've run into problems with WLM not reading the address component of the vcf files correctly and as such I am unable to bulk recover missing address data.
An example of a vcf file and how WLM interprets it incorrectly is below:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
FN;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
N;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:FakeSurname;RealFirstName;;;;
TITLE;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
BDAY:01/01/0001 00:00:00
ADR;CHARSET=utf-8;TYPE=WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:250 Fowl Lane;Melbo=
urne;;3124
ADR;CHARSET=utf-8;TYPE=HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:4/80 Marge Rd;Fawn=
egie;;3111
EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***
EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***
TEL;TYPE=HOME:123456789
TEL;TYPE=CELL:+8214558745
ORG;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
NOTE;CHARSET=utf-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
END:VCARD
Everything appears to be importing ok except the address is being imported to the wrong containers. Using this vcf, the home "suburb/city" Fawnegie is read as the street address, and the "post code" 3111 is read as the city. No other information about the address is imported. As for the work address, only the postcode is read, and ends up displaying as the city as well. I'm sure you can copy the above and test it yourself to confirm.
Is there a batch fix I can apply to my vcf files to get them to import correctly? Otherwise I need to go through 600+ contacts manually to confirm the correct address.
Regards,
jt