From: "Rich" 

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   I don't know if you can add external addresses to the global address =
book.  I don't see that used at Microsoft.  You can have a public folder =
that is a contacts folder.  Put what you want there and everyone with =
access to the folder can see it.  Security allows having separate rights =
for read and write.

   It's not clear if your acquaintance is already roaming from machine =
to machine or not.  This works from Outlook if Outlook is installed.  If =
he wants this to work when Outlook is not installed, I would suggest =
Outlook Web Access.  Installed and configured appropriately and email = can
be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection.

Rich

  "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message =
news:42e4fe3d{at}w3.nls.net...
  A small business of my acquaintance uses Exchange/Outlook for =
primarily=20
  email. The guy has (at least) two problems.

  1. Setting up a company wide contacts list seems difficult or =
impossible. To=20
  me it's reasonable to be able to stick someone's email address in an =
address=20
  book and have every other user of the system be able to see it.
  2. Collecting all the contacts who work for a common business (for =
example)=20
  together.

  There's also an issue where multiple addresses or numbers for the same =

  person end up looking like multiple entries.

  He likes that he can sit down at any machine on the network, log in, =
and get=20
  his own email.

  So in the context of an existing Windows based setup where should I =
look? I=20
  think he'd be happy to change software, or install different =
components, but=20
  obviously free is best (that's why I got asked, even though it's =
really not=20
  my field)

  Paul=20


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   I don't
know if you can =
add external=20
addresses to the global address book.  I don't see that used at=20
Microsoft.  You can have a public folder that is a contacts =
folder. =20
Put what you want there and everyone with access to the folder can see =
it. =20
Security allows having separate rights for read and write.
 
   It's not
clear if your =
acquaintance is=20
already roaming from machine to machine or not.  This works from =
Outlook if=20
Outlook is installed.  If he wants this to work when Outlook is not =

installed, I would suggest Outlook Web Access.  Installed and =
configured=20
appropriately and email can be accessed from anywhere with an Internet=20
connection.
 
Rich
 

  "Paul Ranson" <paul{at}barkto.com>">mailto:paul{at}barkto.com">paul{at}barkto.com>
wrote in =
message news:42e4fe3d{at}w3.nls.net...A
= small=20
  business of my acquaintance uses Exchange/Outlook for primarily =
email. The=20
  guy has (at least) two problems.1. Setting up a company wide =
contacts=20
  list seems difficult or impossible. To me it's reasonable to be =
able to=20
  stick someone's email address in an address book and have every =
other user=20
  of the system be able to see it.2. Collecting all the contacts who =
work=20
  for a common business (for example)
together.There's also =
an issue=20
  where multiple addresses or numbers for the same person end up =
looking=20
  like multiple entries.He likes that he can sit down at any =
machine on=20
  the network, log in, and get his own
email.So in the =
context of an=20
  existing Windows based setup where should I look? I think he'd be =
happy to=20
  change software, or install different components, but obviously =
free is=20
  best (that's why I got asked, even though it's really not my=20
  field)Paul


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