Outlook 2k question
I hope someone can help me with this problem. . . thanks in advance! Ok i'm setting up a win2k server for a very small company. They are using custom accounting software that resides on the server and each workstation can access it and see updates and changes made by other users.
I hope someone can help me with this problem...thanks in advance!
Ok i'm setting up a win2k server for a very small company. They are using custom accounting software that resides on the server and each workstation can access it and see updates and changes made by other users. I would like to do something similar with the outlook contacts. In a perfect world I would like the contact list to reside on the server and each work station to grab information from that. So each workstation has the same contact list. Can this be done with out setting up an exchange server? I read thru some microsoft stuff and it is possible but doesn't work the way i described, in their version you have to update the files manually across the network.. does anyone know how I can solve this? Thanks!
-80sgamer
Ok i'm setting up a win2k server for a very small company. They are using custom accounting software that resides on the server and each workstation can access it and see updates and changes made by other users. I would like to do something similar with the outlook contacts. In a perfect world I would like the contact list to reside on the server and each work station to grab information from that. So each workstation has the same contact list. Can this be done with out setting up an exchange server? I read thru some microsoft stuff and it is possible but doesn't work the way i described, in their version you have to update the files manually across the network.. does anyone know how I can solve this? Thanks!
-80sgamer
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ok here you go.. setup outlook on the server with a post office for internal mail, then setup the folders containing the contacts. then highlight the folder and select file share and share this folder up will come a box (or it will ask you to install sharing so have the CD ready) and it will ask you who you want to share the folder with ! it looks for the MS mail post office (email me if u want help to set this up) just add the names of the people you want to have the contact list then select permissions (i use editor as anyone who can read the contact list can add to it and delete edit ETC and any updates that anyone has done will be sent out to anyone that you have selected to share the folder) so i dont have to administer the contact list i just let then get on with it and all the updates come out every 10 mins or if you press f5 to send or rec mail (this is all done through internal mail) works for me and meant that i didnt have to part with money for exchange server..let me know how you get on or icq 14159453 or email me if you need more info
