Outlook 2003: Problem in sharing contacts

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Steve Cornelius

My company uses Outlook 2003 within an Exchange environment. My
9-person department wishes to create a common contact list of all the
vendors we use. I created a Contacts folder called "Department
contacts" and shared it with all department members giving each
"Editor" permission.

However, when a department member clicks on "Open Shared Contacts" and
clicks my name, my personal contacts appear instead. I examined the
properties of my personal contacts and there is no sharing. I again
checked the properties of department contacts and they show that I am
attempting to share the folder.

Why is Outlook sharing my private contacts folder instead of our vendor
folder?

Thanks in advance.

Steve
 
A better solution would be to create the shared contacts folder in the Public Folders hierarchy.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Thanks for the quick response. I assume this shared contacts folder can
only be created by the Administrator?

Steve
 
No, it can be created by anyone to whom the Exchange administrator has granted permission. One idea is for the admin to give each department a top-level public folder where the department can create and manage the folders it needs.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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