diff --git a/addressbook/js/app.js b/addressbook/js/app.js
index ad2a8ba827..dcd3d802f4 100644
--- a/addressbook/js/app.js
+++ b/addressbook/js/app.js
@@ -769,15 +769,23 @@ app.classes.addressbook = AppJS.extend(
 	 */
 	adb_mail_vcard: function(_action, _elems)
 	{
-		var link = '';
+		var link = {'preset[type]':[], 'preset[file]':[]};
 		var content = {vcard:{file:[], type:[]}};
+		var nm = this.et2.getWidgetById('nm');
+		if(fetchAll(_elems, nm, jQuery.proxy(function(ids) {
+			this.adb_mail_vcard(_action, ids.map(function(num) {return {id:'addressbook::'+num};}));
+		}, this)))
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		for (var i = 0; i < _elems.length; i++)
 		{
 			var idToUse = _elems[i].id;
 			var idToUseArray = idToUse.split('::');
 			idToUse = idToUseArray[1];
-			link += "preset[type][]="+"text/vcard; charset="+(egw.preference('vcard_charset', 'addressbook') || 'utf-8')+'&';
-			link += "preset[file][]="+"vfs://default/apps/addressbook/"+idToUse+"/.entry"+'&';
+			link['preset[type]'].push("text/vcard; charset="+(egw.preference('vcard_charset', 'addressbook') || 'utf-8'));
+			link['preset[file]'].push("vfs://default/apps/addressbook/"+idToUse+"/.entry");
 			content.vcard.file.push("vfs://default/apps/addressbook/"+idToUse+"/.entry");
 			content.vcard.type.push("text/vcard; charset="+(egw.preference('vcard_charset', 'addressbook') || 'utf-8'));
 		}
diff --git a/api/js/jsapi/egw_open.js b/api/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
index 274eca001c..43981bade9 100644
--- a/api/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
+++ b/api/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
@@ -449,6 +449,68 @@ egw.extend('open', egw.MODULE_WND_LOCAL, function(_egw, _wnd)
 		{
 			var popups = window.framework.popups_get(_app, _regexp);
 
+			var openUp = function (_app, _extra) {
+
+				var len = 0;
+				if (typeof _extra == "string")
+				{
+					len = _extra.length;
+				}
+				else if (typeof _extra == "object")
+				{
+					for (var i in _extra)
+					{
+						if (jQuery.isArray(_extra[i]))
+						{
+							var tmp = '';
+							for (var j in _extra[i])
+							{
+								tmp += i+'[]='+_extra[i][j]+'&';
+
+							}
+							len += tmp.length;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							len += _extra[i].length;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				// Accoring to microsoft, IE 10/11 can only accept a url with 2083 caharacters
+				// therefore we need to send request to compose window with POST method
+				// instead of GET. We create a temporary <Form> and will post emails.
+				// ** WebServers and other browsers also have url length limit:
+				// Firefox:~ 65k, Safari:80k, Chrome: 2MB, Apache: 4k, Nginx: 4k
+				if (len > 2083)
+				{
+					var popup = egw.open('','mail','add','','compose__','mail');
+					var $tmpForm = jQuery(document.createElement('form'));
+					var $tmpSubmitInput = jQuery(document.createElement('input')).attr({type:"submit"});
+					for (var i in _extra)
+					{
+						if (jQuery.isArray(_extra[i]))
+						{
+							$tmpForm.append(jQuery(document.createElement('input')).attr({name:i, type:"text", value: JSON.stringify(_extra[i])}));
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							$tmpForm.append(jQuery(document.createElement('input')).attr({name:i, type:"text", value: _extra[i]}));
+						}
+					}
+
+					// Set the temporary form's attributes
+					$tmpForm.attr({target:popup.name, action:"index.php?menuaction=mail.mail_compose.compose", method:"post"})
+							.append($tmpSubmitInput).appendTo('body');
+					$tmpForm.submit();
+					// Remove the form after submit
+					$tmpForm.remove();
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					egw.open('', _app, 'add', _extra, _app, _app);
+				}
+			};
 			for(var i = 0; i < popups.length; i++)
 			{
 				if(popups[i].closed)
@@ -464,7 +526,7 @@ egw.extend('open', egw.MODULE_WND_LOCAL, function(_egw, _wnd)
 				}
 				catch(e) {
 					window.setTimeout(function() {
-						egw.open('', _app, 'add', _extra, _app, _app);
+						openUp(_app, _extra);
 					});
 				}
 			}
@@ -502,32 +564,7 @@ egw.extend('open', egw.MODULE_WND_LOCAL, function(_egw, _wnd)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				// No compose windows, might be no mail app.js
-				// We really want to use mail_compose() here
-
-				// Accoring to microsoft, IE 10/11 can only accept a url with 2083 caharacters
-				// therefore we need to send request to compose window with POST method
-				// instead of GET. We create a temporary <Form> and will post emails.
-				// ** WebServers and other browsers also have url length limit:
-				// Firefox:~ 65k, Safari:80k, Chrome: 2MB, Apache: 4k, Nginx: 4k
-				if (_extra.length > 2083)
-				{
-					var popup = egw.open('', _app, 'add', '', '', _app);
-					var $tmpForm = jQuery(document.createElement('form')).appendTo('body');
-					var $tmpInput = jQuery(document.createElement('input')).attr({name:Object.keys(_extra)[0], type:"text", value: _extra});
-					var $tmpSubmitInput = jQuery(document.createElement('input')).attr({type:"submit"});
-					// Set the temporary form's attributes
-					$tmpForm.attr({target:popup.name, action:"index.php?menuaction=mail.mail_compose.compose", method:"post"})
-							.append($tmpInput)
-							.append($tmpSubmitInput);
-					$tmpForm.submit();
-					// Remove the form after submit
-					$tmpForm.remove();
-				}
-				else // simple GET request
-				{
-					egw.open('', _app, 'add', _extra, _app, _app);
-				}
+				openUp(_app, _extra);
 			}
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
index bf56ed6f44..772f655a0e 100644
--- a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
+++ b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
@@ -1361,10 +1361,10 @@ class mail_compose
 	 */
 	function addPresetFiles (&$_content, &$_insertSigOnTop, $_eliminateDoubleAttachments)
 	{
-		$names = (array)$_REQUEST['preset']['name'];
-		$types = (array)$_REQUEST['preset']['type'];
+		$names = !is_array($_REQUEST['preset']['name'])? json_decode($_REQUEST['preset']['name'], true):$_REQUEST['preset']['name'];
+		$types = !is_array($_REQUEST['preset']['type'])? json_decode($_REQUEST['preset']['type'], true):$_REQUEST['preset']['type'];
 		//if (!empty($types) && in_array('text/calendar; method=request',$types))
-		$files = (array)$_REQUEST['preset']['file'];
+		$files = !is_array($_REQUEST['preset']['file'])? json_decode($_REQUEST['preset']['file'], true):$_REQUEST['preset']['file'];
 
 		foreach($files as $k => $path)
 		{