Multiple Computers Accessing Same Address Book

[dahl2002]

I work in a small firm and we have three OSX Macs that all have
Entourage as our email program. We each have a different email
address under the same domain.

Is it possible to have access to each others address books?
Basically, is there a way to have one master address book that we all
can access and add to? Right now, each of us has to add the same
contact into our Entourage address book and it would be great if we
had one master that we only needed to add a contact to once and then
all three computers had access to it.

Or, is there a way to create a networked address book separate from
our individual address books that can be used by all three computers?
Thank you for your help.

Zack

 

[Diane Ross]

I work in a small firm and we have three OSX Macs that all have
Entourage as our email program. We each have a different email
address under the same domain.

Is it possible to have access to each others address books?
Basically, is there a way to have one master address book that we all
can access and add to? Right now, each of us has to add the same
contact into our Entourage address book and it would be great if we
had one master that we only needed to add a contact to once and then
all three computers had access to it.

Or, is there a way to create a networked address book separate from
our individual address books that can be used by all three computers?
Thank you for your help.

This is what an exchange server is best suited for. You can do this with a
shared project in Entourage 2004, but I don't have details or experience to
offer advice.

LDAP seems to be the way to go. Check out these links:

Tiger and .Mac Address Book Syncing

<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/09/tiger_and_mac_address_book_syn.h
tml>


Shared Address Book via LDAP

<http://www.macgeekery.com/hacks/software/shared_address_book_via_ldap>

Addressbook X LDAP allows you to share the contacts from your Addressbook
with others using a shared LDAP directory. ABxLDAP allows you to transfer
your contacts seamlessly to a shared LDAP directory.

<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23238>

Creating LDAP address book entries to share

<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040111075453713>


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Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
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