diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.bocontacts.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.bocontacts.inc.php
index 0896f44525..6b1eb6d167 100755
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.bocontacts.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.bocontacts.inc.php
@@ -443,7 +443,10 @@ class bocontacts extends socontacts
 				if (($old = $this->read($contact['id'])))	// --> try reading the old entry and set it from there
 				{
 					$contact['owner'] = $old['owner'];
-					$contact['private'] = $old['private'];
+					if(!isset($contact['private']))
+					{
+						$contact['private'] = $old['private'];
+					}
 				}
 				else	// entry not found --> create a new one
 				{
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.socontacts_sql.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.socontacts_sql.inc.php
index a2f0c828a1..f38565313f 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.socontacts_sql.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.socontacts_sql.inc.php
@@ -243,11 +243,17 @@ class socontacts_sql extends so_sql
 		$owner = isset($filter['owner']) ? $filter['owner'] : (isset($criteria['owner']) ? $criteria['owner'] : null);
 
 		// fix cat_id filter to search in comma-separated multiple cats and return subcats
-		if ((int)$filter['cat_id'])
+		if (($cats = $filter['cat_id']))
 		{
-			$filter[] = $this->_cat_filter($filter['cat_id']);
+			if ($filter['cat_id']{0} == '!')
+			{
+				$filter['cat_id'] = substr($filter['cat_id'],1);
+				$not = 'NOT';
+			}
+			$filter[] = $this->_cat_filter((int)$filter['cat_id'],$not);
 			unset($filter['cat_id']);
 		}
+		
 		// add filter for read ACL in sql, if user is NOT the owner of the addressbook
 		if (isset($this->grants) && !(isset($filter['owner']) && $filter['owner'] == $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id']))
 		{
@@ -349,7 +355,7 @@ class socontacts_sql extends so_sql
 	 * @param int $cat_id
 	 * @return string sql to filter by given cat
 	 */
-	function _cat_filter($cat_id)
+	function _cat_filter($cat_id, $not='')
 	{
 		if (!is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->categories))
 		{
@@ -357,9 +363,14 @@ class socontacts_sql extends so_sql
 		}
 		foreach($GLOBALS['egw']->categories->return_all_children((int)$cat_id) as $cat)
 		{
-			$cat_filter[] = $this->db->concat("','",cat_id,"','")." LIKE '%,$cat,%'";
+			$cat_filter[] = $this->db->concat("','",cat_id,"','")." $not LIKE '%,$cat,%'";
 		}
-		return '('.implode(' OR ',$cat_filter).')';
+		$cfilter = '('.implode(' OR ',$cat_filter).')';
+		if(!empty($not))
+		{
+			$cfilter = "( $cfilter OR cat_id IS NULL )";
+		}
+		return $cfilter;
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -530,4 +541,4 @@ class socontacts_sql extends so_sql
 		
 		return $this->db->row(true);
 	}	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.vcaladdressbook.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.vcaladdressbook.inc.php
index 130eb4f1d5..3bcb60f71b 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.vcaladdressbook.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.vcaladdressbook.inc.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require_once EGW_SERVER_ROOT.'/phpgwapi/inc/horde/Horde/iCalendar.php';
 
 class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 {
+	
 	/**
 	* import a vard into addressbook
 	* 
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 			}
 			
 			// don't add the entry if it contains only ';'
-			if(strlen(str_replace(';','',$value)) != 0) {
+			// exeptions for mendatory fields 
+			if( ( strlen(str_replace(';','',$value)) != 0 ) || in_array($vcardField,array('FN','ORG','N')) ) {
 				$vCard->setAttribute($vcardField, $value);
 			}
 			if(preg_match('/([\000-\012\015\016\020-\037\075])/',$value)) {
@@ -103,18 +105,7 @@ class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 			
 			$vCard->setParameter($vcardField, $options);
 		}
-		// add the full name of the contact; this is a required field
-		$value = $GLOBALS['egw']->translation->convert($entry['n_fn'], $sysCharSet, 'utf-8');
-		$vCard->setAttribute('FN', $value);
-		$options = array();
-		if(preg_match('/([\000-\012\015\016\020-\037\075])/',$value)) {
-			$options['ENCODING'] = 'QUOTED-PRINTABLE';
-		}
-		if(preg_match('/([\177-\377])/',$value)) {
-			$options['CHARSET'] = 'UTF-8';
-		}
-		$vCard->setParameter('FN', $options);
-
+		
 		$result = $vCard->exportvCalendar();
 
 		return $result;
@@ -564,7 +555,7 @@ class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 								break;
 								
 							case 'private':
-								$contact[$fieldName] = (int) $vcardValues[$vcardKey]['values'][$fieldKey] == 'PRIVATE';
+								(int)$contact[$fieldName] = $vcardValues[$vcardKey]['values'][$fieldKey] == 'PRIVATE';
 								break;
 								
 							case 'cat_id':
@@ -581,6 +572,10 @@ class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 									$contact[$fieldName] = $cat_id;
 								}
 								break;
+							case 'note':
+								// note may contain ','s but maybe this needs to be fixed in vcard parser...
+								$contact[$fieldName] = trim($vcardValues[$vcardKey]['value']);
+								break;
 							default:
 								$contact[$fieldName] = trim($vcardValues[$vcardKey]['values'][$fieldKey]);
 								break;
@@ -591,7 +586,6 @@ class vcaladdressbook extends bocontacts
 		}
 		
 		$contact['n_fn']  = trim($contact['n_given'].' '.$contact['n_family']);
-		
 		return $contact;
 	}