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Ian Sime
I have n SBS 2000 box that is soon to be migrated to a new server with SBS
2003.
We currently have a number of Public Folders that are accessible by all
staff. Many of them are used primarily for mailshot purposes (paper mail as
well as e-mail), but it is useful for all staff to be able to access them
via Outlook.
The problem this gives us is when we are running a mailshot, we might
sometimes want to include some lists of contacts, but exclude others (e.g.
select all BANKS and SOLICITORS).
It has been suggested that we move all of the contacts into an Access
database that we would have to build. This would give us the flexibility of
being able to perform queries on the lists, but would mean that only people
who had Access installed would be able to read the information - and even
then it wouldn't be as intuitive as it currently is via Outlook. We could
use Access as well as Outlook, but that would mean updating the same
information in 2 places whenever something changes.
So, does anybody know of a better way of doing what I am planning with
Access, or better still a completely different way to achieve the same goal.
Don't assume I haven't missed something obvious either !
Ian.
2003.
We currently have a number of Public Folders that are accessible by all
staff. Many of them are used primarily for mailshot purposes (paper mail as
well as e-mail), but it is useful for all staff to be able to access them
via Outlook.
The problem this gives us is when we are running a mailshot, we might
sometimes want to include some lists of contacts, but exclude others (e.g.
select all BANKS and SOLICITORS).
It has been suggested that we move all of the contacts into an Access
database that we would have to build. This would give us the flexibility of
being able to perform queries on the lists, but would mean that only people
who had Access installed would be able to read the information - and even
then it wouldn't be as intuitive as it currently is via Outlook. We could
use Access as well as Outlook, but that would mean updating the same
information in 2 places whenever something changes.
So, does anybody know of a better way of doing what I am planning with
Access, or better still a completely different way to achieve the same goal.
Don't assume I haven't missed something obvious either !
Ian.