Private Contact functionality

[Guest]

OK - forgive this really basic question but I can't find the answer anywhere ( except from Sue in a 1998 article
If you mark a Contact Private using the checkbox on the contact record, does this make the record private to the creator/Owner?
I have been told that this simply creates a warning message upon emailing the contact - to treat the contact as private. I have also been told that it does make the contact private to the owner/creator but only if running the "corporate version" of Outlook
I want to set up a public contact folder to share prospects, clients and general business contacts with team members (based on exchange folder permissions), but also to track my personal contacts using the private checkbox.

 

[Robert Crayk MVP]

This may be mute because as far as I know the Private checkbox in a Public
Folder is not a checkable item.

OK - forgive this really basic question but I can't find the answer

anywhere ( except from Sue in a 1998 article)

If you mark a Contact Private using the checkbox on the contact record,

does this make the record private to the creator/Owner?

I have been told that this simply creates a warning message upon emailing

the contact - to treat the contact as private. I have also been told that it
does make the contact private to the owner/creator but only if running the
"corporate version" of Outlook.

I want to set up a public contact folder to share prospects, clients and

general business contacts with team members (based on exchange folder
permissions), but also to track my personal contacts using the private
checkbox.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That check box has no function at all in public folders, only in Exchange
mailbox folders.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

OK - forgive this really basic question but I can't find the answer

anywhere ( except from Sue in a 1998 article)

If you mark a Contact Private using the checkbox on the contact record,

does this make the record private to the creator/Owner?

I have been told that this simply creates a warning message upon emailing

the contact - to treat the contact as private. I have also been told that it
does make the contact private to the owner/creator but only if running the
"corporate version" of Outlook.

I want to set up a public contact folder to share prospects, clients and

general business contacts with team members (based on exchange folder
permissions), but also to track my personal contacts using the private
checkbox.