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Contact List Sharing without Exchange

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by resmith

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Using Outlook 2000 in a peer to peer network without Exchange. Is there anyway to share the contact list besides using Net Folders. If we decide to return Outlook 2000 is there another app that would work for sharing contact lists without using a server. Lotus Notes?? Never used it, but not sure if it would cost us a fortune or be in the same position.

Are there any 3rd party tools that work by sharing the contact list etc...

Thanks

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by mckaytech

Lotus Notes is a high-end solution that would cost the same or more than an implementation of Exchange.

Outlook doesn't really provide support for peer-to-peer syncronization and Microsoft would really like you to buy Exchange so any solution will necessarily be a third-party product. Unfortunately, I can't make a recommendation because my only experience has been syncronizing an Outlook contact list with a Palm Pilot Desktop using Intellisync (I work in an Exchange environment).

I know this wasn't the whole answer but I hope it was a start.

paul

by resmith

Thanks... Everyone helped on this one... We have decided to wait and possibly use Act later on.

by ron navon

Dear Sir,

You can remove the Outlook 2000 Client and instead of this install the Exchange client or Mail Box Client that you can find in Windows 95/98/NT 4.
Good luck
Ron

by jonatj

This may be unconventional but it works if you have a group of about 20 persons and the contacts list is relatively static, i.e. business contacts. Export the master contacts folder to a .pst and then email it to everyone and have them import it. When the master list is updated perhaps monthly, email it again and Outlook will append new addresses and overwrite old ones.

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