diff --git a/routes/contacts_routes.py b/routes/contacts_routes.py
index 7ba32d47a..81024ed6c 100644
--- a/routes/contacts_routes.py
+++ b/routes/contacts_routes.py
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ def _vunesc(value: str) -> str:
 
 def _parse_vcards(text: str) -> List[Dict]:
     """Parse a stream of vCards into dicts with name, email, phone."""
+    # Unfold RFC 6350 3.2 line folding first: a CRLF/LF followed by a single
+    # space or tab is a continuation of the previous logical line. Real
+    # CardDAV servers (Radicale, iCloud, Apple/Google) fold long EMAIL / FN /
+    # PHOTO lines, and splitting on raw newlines without unfolding dropped the
+    # continuation (e.g. "...@example\n .com" lost the ".com"), truncating the
+    # email/name.
+    text = re.sub(r"\r\n[ \t]", "", text or "")
+    text = re.sub(r"\n[ \t]", "", text)
     contacts = []
     for block in re.split(r"BEGIN:VCARD", text):
         if not block.strip():
diff --git a/tests/test_vcard_unfolding.py b/tests/test_vcard_unfolding.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fda680338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_vcard_unfolding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""vCard parsing must unfold RFC 6350 folded lines.
+
+CardDAV servers fold logical lines longer than 75 octets onto continuation
+lines that begin with a space/tab. _parse_vcards split on raw newlines
+without unfolding, so a folded EMAIL/FN line lost its continuation (a long
+address like ...@exampledomain<fold>.com was stored as ...@exampledomain),
+silently corrupting the contact.
+"""
+from routes.contacts_routes import _parse_vcards
+
+
+def test_folded_email_is_reassembled():
+    vcard = (
+        "BEGIN:VCARD\r\n"
+        "VERSION:3.0\r\n"
+        "FN:John Doe\r\n"
+        "EMAIL;TYPE=INTERNET:john.doe.with.a.very.long.local.part@exampledomain\r\n"
+        " .com\r\n"
+        "END:VCARD\r\n"
+    )
+    contacts = _parse_vcards(vcard)
+    assert len(contacts) == 1
+    assert contacts[0]["emails"] == [
+        "john.doe.with.a.very.long.local.part@exampledomain.com"
+    ]
+
+
+def test_folded_display_name_is_reassembled():
+    vcard = (
+        "BEGIN:VCARD\n"
+        "FN:A Very Long Display Name That The Server\n"
+        "  Decided To Fold\n"
+        "EMAIL:x@y.com\n"
+        "END:VCARD\n"
+    )
+    c = _parse_vcards(vcard)[0]
+    assert c["name"] == "A Very Long Display Name That The Server Decided To Fold"
+
+
+def test_unfolded_vcard_still_parses():
+    vcard = "BEGIN:VCARD\nFN:Jane\nEMAIL:jane@z.com\nTEL:+15550001\nEND:VCARD\n"
+    c = _parse_vcards(vcard)[0]
+    assert c["name"] == "Jane"
+    assert c["emails"] == ["jane@z.com"]
+    assert c["phones"] == ["+15550001"]