From: "Rich" 

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C59123.103615B0
Content-Type: text/plain;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

   I've seen public contact folders.  The fax mention is a bit =
surprising.  The typical public folder I see is a message folder.

Rich

  "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message =
news:42e5462c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Thanks.

  He's roaming with Outlook, so that's easy. He seems to think the =
public=20
  folder stuff only works for faxes, which follows from a KB article. =
I'm=20
  going to have to go and have a look.

  Paul

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:42e509ad{at}w3.nls.net...
     I don't know if you can add external addresses to the global =
address=20
  book.  I don't see that used at Microsoft.  You can have a public =
folder=20
  that is a contacts folder.  Put what you want there and everyone with =
access=20
  to the folder can see it.  Security allows having separate rights for =
read=20
  and write.

     It's not clear if your acquaintance is already roaming from machine =
to=20
  machine or not.  This works from Outlook if Outlook is installed.  If =
he=20
  wants this to work when Outlook is not installed, I would suggest =
Outlook=20
  Web Access.  Installed and configured appropriately and email can be=20
  accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection.

  Rich

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

    1. Setting up a company wide contacts list seems difficult or =
impossible.=20
  To
    me it's reasonable to be able to stick someone's email address in an =

  address
    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=20
  example)
    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=20
  get
    his own email.

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

    Paul



------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C59123.103615B0
Content-Type: text/html;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable








   I've seen
public contact=20
folders.  The fax mention is a bit surprising.  The
typical = public=20
folder I see is a message folder.
 
Rich
 

  "Paul Ranson" <paul{at}barkto.com>">mailto:paul{at}barkto.com">paul{at}barkto.com>
wrote in =
message news:42e5462c$1{at}w3.nls.net...Thanks.He's=20
  roaming with Outlook, so that's easy. He seems to think the public =
folder=20
  stuff only works for faxes, which follows from a KB article. I'm =
going to=20
  have to go and have a
look.Paul"Rich"
<{at}> wrote =
in=20
  message news:42e509ad{at}w3.nls.net...&nbs=
p; =20
  I don't know if you can add external addresses to the global address=20
  book.  I don't see that used at Microsoft. 
You can have =
a=20
  public folder that is a contacts folder.  Put what you want =
there and=20
  everyone with access to the folder can see it.  Security =
allows=20
  having separate rights for read and
write.   =
It's not=20
  clear if your acquaintance is already roaming from machine to =
machine or=20
  not.  This works from Outlook if Outlook is installed.  If =
he=20
  wants this to work when Outlook is not installed, I would suggest =
Outlook=20
  Web Access.  Installed and configured appropriately and email =
can be=20
  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...&nbs=
p; A=20
  small business of my acquaintance uses Exchange/Outlook for=20
  primarily  email. The guy has (at least) two =
problems. =20
  1. Setting up a company wide contacts list seems difficult or =
impossible.=20
  To  me it's reasonable to be able to stick someone's =
email=20
  address in an address  book and have every
other user of =
the=20
  system be able to see it.  2. Collecting all the contacts who =
work=20
  for a common business (for example)  =
together. =20
  There's also an issue where multiple addresses or numbers for the=20
  same  person end up looking like multiple =
entries.  He=20
  likes that he can sit down at any machine on the network, log in, and=20
  get  his own
email.  So in the context of an =

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

------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C59123.103615B0--

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5