Share Contacts: Peer-Peer

[Liam]

Greetings,

Situation
2 PC office on peer to peer running XP Pro no MSExchange.
All data stored on one PC, except pst files.
All email sent to a specific account is automatically sent to the other PC.

Challenge
To have the contacts received on either PC to be written tot he tothers
Contacts list

Question
Can this be done without having to manually "add to contacts"?


Thank you.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What do you mean by All data stored on one PC, except pst files."?

 

[Liam]

They have a Shared folder on one PC that they use as a data store. PPT, DOC,
XLS.
Mainly office suite stuff. They have no accounting software or CRM of any
sort.

When an email comes into one of 2 accounts, that account is only on one PC.
IE (e-mail address removed) goes to PC #1 (user#1's PC) and the opposite for user #2.

But they want to have identical Contacts for when one person is out of office.
I set up a rule to allow the email from each other to be forwarded to the
others account.
Obviously not all email should be added to contacts...

Thanks

What do you mean by All data stored on one PC, except pst files."?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings,

Situation
2 PC office on peer to peer running XP Pro no MSExchange.
All data stored on one PC, except pst files.
All email sent to a specific account is automatically sent to the other
PC.

Challenge
To have the contacts received on either PC to be written tot he tothers
Contacts list

Question
Can this be done without having to manually "add to contacts"?


Thank you.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

On this site is an article on various ways to share Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011477571033.aspx

You will also find a list of third-party sharing tools:
http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Groupware
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

They have a Shared folder on one PC that they use as a data store. PPT,
DOC,
XLS.
Mainly office suite stuff. They have no accounting software or CRM of any
sort.

When an email comes into one of 2 accounts, that account is only on one
PC.
IE (e-mail address removed) goes to PC #1 (user#1's PC) and the opposite for user
#2.

But they want to have identical Contacts for when one person is out of
office.
I set up a rule to allow the email from each other to be forwarded to the
others account.
Obviously not all email should be added to contacts...

Thanks

What do you mean by All data stored on one PC, except pst files."?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings,

Situation
2 PC office on peer to peer running XP Pro no MSExchange.
All data stored on one PC, except pst files.
All email sent to a specific account is automatically sent to the other
PC.

Challenge
To have the contacts received on either PC to be written tot he tothers
Contacts list

Question
Can this be done without having to manually "add to contacts"?


Thank you.

 

[Liam]

Thanks Russ,

That is what I feared: no builtin functionality within MS.

Too bad maybe next version.
In the meantime I guess it is v-card forwarding only!

On this site is an article on various ways to share Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011477571033.aspx

You will also find a list of third-party sharing tools:
http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Groupware
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

They have a Shared folder on one PC that they use as a data store. PPT,
DOC,
XLS.
Mainly office suite stuff. They have no accounting software or CRM of any
sort.

When an email comes into one of 2 accounts, that account is only on one
PC.
IE (e-mail address removed) goes to PC #1 (user#1's PC) and the opposite for user
#2.

But they want to have identical Contacts for when one person is out of
office.
I set up a rule to allow the email from each other to be forwarded to the
others account.
Obviously not all email should be added to contacts...

Thanks

What do you mean by All data stored on one PC, except pst files."?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Greetings,

Situation
2 PC office on peer to peer running XP Pro no MSExchange.
All data stored on one PC, except pst files.
All email sent to a specific account is automatically sent to the other
PC.

Challenge
To have the contacts received on either PC to be written tot he tothers
Contacts list

Question
Can this be done without having to manually "add to contacts"?


Thank you.

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi Liam,

That is what I feared: no builtin functionality within MS.

Which Outlook version do you have?

With Outlook 98/2000 you could use NetFolders as freeware from MS to sync
the folders via email:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm#netfolders

NetFolders is not supported in Outlook 2002/2003.

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Share your contacts, calendars, e-mails etc..
http://www.publicshareware.com

Thanks Russ,

That is what I feared: no builtin functionality within MS.

Too bad maybe next version.
In the meantime I guess it is v-card forwarding only!

On this site is an article on various ways to share Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011477571033.aspx

You will also find a list of third-party sharing tools:
http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Groupware
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

They have a Shared folder on one PC that they use as a data store. PPT,
DOC,
XLS.
Mainly office suite stuff. They have no accounting software or CRM of
any
sort.

When an email comes into one of 2 accounts, that account is only on one
PC.
IE (e-mail address removed) goes to PC #1 (user#1's PC) and the opposite for user
#2.

But they want to have identical Contacts for when one person is out of
office.
I set up a rule to allow the email from each other to be forwarded to
the
others account.
Obviously not all email should be added to contacts...

Thanks

:

What do you mean by All data stored on one PC, except pst files."?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Greetings,

Situation
2 PC office on peer to peer running XP Pro no MSExchange.
All data stored on one PC, except pst files.
All email sent to a specific account is automatically sent to the
other
PC.

Challenge
To have the contacts received on either PC to be written tot he
tothers
Contacts list

Question
Can this be done without having to manually "add to contacts"?


Thank you.