I've set up a couple of PCs in a small office and want to "distribute"
contact lists. That is I would like any person to log into any PC and access
their own emails and contact lists. I would like to set up a company-wide
contact list also, so that as well as user's own contacts, there is a
general set company contacts available to everyone.

One PC is Win98se + OEx the other is XP Pro with Outlook.

Where do I start reading?

Regards
Stephen Ford

Stephen Ford wrote:

> I've set up a couple of PCs in a small office and want to "distribute"
> contact lists. That is I would like any person to log into any PC and
> access their own emails and contact lists. I would like to set up a
> company-wide contact list also, so that as well as user's own
> contacts, there is a general set company contacts available to
> everyone.
>
> One PC is Win98se + OEx the other is XP Pro with Outlook.
>
> Where do I start reading?
>
> Regards
> Stephen Ford

You can't do this with the equipment you have unless you use web-based
email (not Outlook). With web-based email and a common email
addressbook, leave the messages on the server until some time when
everyone is finished with them. Many of the web-based email companies
(Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) also have a calendaring app.

To do this locally (not with web-based email), you would need to be
running an Exchange server.

Malke
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> You can't do this with the equipment you have unless you use web-based
> email (not Outlook). With web-based email and a common email
> addressbook, leave the messages on the server until some time when
> everyone is finished with them. Many of the web-based email companies
> (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) also have a calendaring app.
>
> To do this locally (not with web-based email), you would need to be
> running an Exchange server.

Ok, I'll start looking at Exchange server. Sounds expensive and complicated
....

Stephen

Stephen Ford wrote:

>> You can't do this with the equipment you have unless you use
>> web-based email (not Outlook). With web-based email and a common
>> email addressbook, leave the messages on the server until some time
>> when everyone is finished with them. Many of the web-based email
>> companies (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) also have a calendaring app.
>>
>> To do this locally (not with web-based email), you would need to be
>> running an Exchange server.
>
> Ok, I'll start looking at Exchange server. Sounds expensive and
> complicated ...
>
> Stephen

Yes, it is. If you are just trying to do this for a few people,
web-based mail/calendar would be a better choice. Or use something like
Thunderbird or even Outlook locally but leave the email messages on the
server for a while.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User