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by mr_fixit 1 view

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Now that I have rid myself of our "Microsoft Mail" nightmare and moved to a Linux Mail server, I ran into some difficulty.
I have created a couple of Contact Lists, exported them, and directed our clients to them. Problem I ran into is that only one client can connect to a Contact List at any one time. So, I placed a copy of the origional Contact List in their Home Directories and they can access it there. Everything is GREAT, except that if I change the list, I have to push the list to the users.
There HAS to be a way to have a Shared Contact List WITHOUT having to rely on Bill Gates (Exchange Server) for it. PLEASE tell me how to do this!!!
erodriguez@vycera.com

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by johnz3

You should be able to save the personal address book (PAB) into a shared directory and set the permissions accordingly. If you restrict the permissions too much you become the one responsible for updating it, but too many cooks may spoil the soup. I?m not sure if you?ll run into a problem when multiple people try to access the same pab, but I believe it should be treated just like a flat text file and allow multiple people to access it at the same time.

If you do run into errors with multiple people accessing it you should write a script to push that file into those single user directories. Make a read-only public file and have them create their own ?personal? pab so that you do not overwrite their changes when you push out the updated shared list. Make sure you tell Outlook to access both files (in the right order) to be able to view both address books.

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