diff --git a/kmreaderwin.cpp b/kmreaderwin.cpp
index 5db2ced52..3df911972 100644
--- a/kmreaderwin.cpp
+++ b/kmreaderwin.cpp
@@ -625,7 +625,11 @@ void KMReaderWin::parseMsg(KMMessage* aMsg)
     if (!qstricmp(msgPart.typeStr(), "text")
        && !qstricmp(msgPart.subtypeStr(), "x-vcard")) {
         int vcerr;
-        vc = VCard::parseVCard(msgPart.body(), &vcerr);
+        QTextCodec *atmCodec = (mAutoDetectEncoding) ?
+          KMMsgBase::codecForName(msgPart.charset()) : mCodec;
+        if (!atmCodec) atmCodec = mCodec;
+        vc = VCard::parseVCard(atmCodec->toUnicode(msgPart
+          .bodyDecoded()), &vcerr);
 
         if (vc) {
           delete vc;
@@ -1447,7 +1451,8 @@ void KMReaderWin::atmView(KMReaderWin* aReaderWin, KMMessagePart* aMsgPart,
       if (qstricmp(aMsgPart->subtypeStr(), "x-vcard") == 0) {
         KMDisplayVCard *vcdlg;
 	int vcerr;
-	VCard *vc = VCard::parseVCard(aMsgPart->body(), &vcerr);
+	VCard *vc = VCard::parseVCard(codec->toUnicode(aMsgPart
+          ->bodyDecoded()), &vcerr);
 
 	if (!vc) {
           QString errstring = i18n("Error reading in vCard:\n");
@@ -1563,7 +1568,11 @@ void KMReaderWin::slotAtmOpen()
     if (qstricmp(msgPart.subtypeStr(), "x-vcard") == 0) {
       KMDisplayVCard *vcdlg;
       int vcerr;
-      VCard *vc = VCard::parseVCard(msgPart.body(), &vcerr);
+      QTextCodec *atmCodec = (mAutoDetectEncoding) ?
+        KMMsgBase::codecForName(msgPart.charset()) : mCodec;
+      if (!atmCodec) atmCodec = mCodec;
+      VCard *vc = VCard::parseVCard(atmCodec->toUnicode(msgPart
+        .bodyDecoded()), &vcerr);
 
       if (!vc) {
         QString errstring = i18n("Error reading in vCard:\n");
diff --git a/kmversion.h b/kmversion.h
index 4ff8c182f..67c0bdecf 100644
--- a/kmversion.h
+++ b/kmversion.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef kmversion_h
 #define kmversion_h
 
-#define KMAIL_VERSION "1.2.9"
+#define KMAIL_VERSION "1.3"
 
 #endif /*kmversion_h*/
diff --git a/vcard.cpp b/vcard.cpp
index a104ebcac..ab646c64d 100644
--- a/vcard.cpp
+++ b/vcard.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ value :=
 static QValueList<QString> tokenizeBy(const QString& str, const QRegExp& tok, bool keepEmpties = false) {
 QValueList<QString> tokens;
 unsigned int head, tail;
-const char *chstr = str.ascii();
 unsigned int length = str.length();
 
   if (length < 1) return tokens;
@@ -73,8 +72,7 @@ unsigned int length = str.length();
       tail = length;
 
     if (tail-head > 0 || keepEmpties) {    // it has to be at least 1 long!
-      thisline = &(chstr[head]);
-      thisline.truncate(tail-head);
+      thisline = str.mid(head, tail-head);
       tokens.append(thisline);
     }
   }
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ QValueList<QString> lines;
       tmplinetoken = (*j);
       tmplinetoken.truncate(tail);
       linetokens.append(tmplinetoken);
-      tmplinetoken = &((*j).ascii()[tail+1]);
+      tmplinetoken = (*j).mid(tail+1);
       linetokens.append(tmplinetoken);
 
       // check for qualifiers and