We have been working very hard on the next release of our email management/archiving product, MRX^TM. A major new piece of functionality is support for importing Electronic Business cards, so-called vCards. Most email servers and some Customer Relation Management systems support the export of vCards, so we feel it is a perfect way of synchronising the MRX^TM Business Directory with existing databases.

Rather than using special-purpose synchronisation software, MRX^TM can be kept fully up-to-date simply by mailing it vCards of new and changed contacts.

Although, in principle, this is a straightforward task, there are endless ways in which vCards can be generated. Furthermore, many contacts use generic mail domains (e.g. gmail.com) and the process of allocating or creating a meaningful record involves some very scientific processing. After months of testing with thousands of vCards from many different applications, we believe we are nearly there. However, we would like to test our algorithms on data from other sources .

We would therefore like to hear from anyone that can provide us with files of vCards from known sources - even just one card will do. Of course, the cards will only be used for testing and we undertake to delete all cards when testing is complete. As such, the cards can contain any type of contact information, even if it is ficticious.

If you think you can help, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Anyone helping us with this will be welcome to participate in the MRX^TM beta testing program.