How do I use All Contacts in Outlook 2003?

[Delores Elias]

I want to use the All Contacts feature to set up group contacts for my firm.
I know you can use public folders, but since there is an All Contacts feature
I would like to use that.

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Since Outlook has no "All Contacts" feature, I'm a bit baffled by what you
have in mind. Perhaps you can explain further.

 

[Delores Elias]

Sure. And maybe it's an Exchange 2003 issue. At any rate, when you open a
new mail message, and you click on the To button, you get the Select Names
window. If you click on the pull-down button on the "Show Names From" window
you see All Address Lists, and beneath that is All Contacts, All Groups, All
Users, Public Folders. All Contacts is different from Contacts which is
listed under Outlook Address Book.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, All Contacts in that context is an address automatically generated by
Active Directory. It has nothing to do with public folders but instead lists
any contacts -- i.e. non-mailbox addresses -- that the administrator has
placed in AD.

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