Shared contacts viewability (from non-shared folders)

[Jamesy]

Hi,

I'm using OE6 and have 2 users setup, and the obligatory 'Shared
Contacts' folder. There are contacts present in all three locations.

When composing a message, email addresses are successfully
auto-completed. E.g. lets say Bob is writing a message; when writing
the recipient address, OE will auto-complete on all addresses/names
contained in "Bob's Contacts" + "Shared Contacts" - just as expected.

The problem (OK, not a problem really, but a little confusing and
irritating) is that when viewing, say, Bob's contacts in the Address
Book the occasional entry seen will be one that is actually stored in
the Shared Contact's folder, as opposed to the "Bob's Contacts"
folder. Let's say our other user is "Amy". The same thing happens in
here, perhaps with different contacts, perhaps the same. I think I
may be getting a little unclear, so i'll try and summarise:

Regarding shared contacts; some appear in JUST the shared folder, some
appear in the shared folder plus another user's contacts folder, and
yet others appear in all three folders...

I'm pretty sure this is not a problem with duplicate entries - I have
checked those contacts of interest, via properties->other tab->Folder
location, and checking that the actual folder location was "Shared
Contacts", which it was.

Any ideas? This may just require a little explanation rather then an
actual fix. It would make more sense to me to either not list the
Shared Contacts within a specific user's contacts, OR list all shared
contacts...

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!!

Cheers,

James

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Hi,

I'm using OE6 and have 2 users setup, and the obligatory 'Shared
Contacts' folder. There are contacts present in all three locations.

When composing a message, email addresses are successfully
auto-completed. E.g. lets say Bob is writing a message; when writing
the recipient address, OE will auto-complete on all addresses/names
contained in "Bob's Contacts" + "Shared Contacts" - just as expected.

The problem (OK, not a problem really, but a little confusing and
irritating) is that when viewing, say, Bob's contacts in the Address
Book the occasional entry seen will be one that is actually stored in
the Shared Contact's folder, as opposed to the "Bob's Contacts"
folder. Let's say our other user is "Amy". The same thing happens in
here, perhaps with different contacts, perhaps the same. I think I
may be getting a little unclear, so i'll try and summarise:

Regarding shared contacts; some appear in JUST the shared folder, some
appear in the shared folder plus another user's contacts folder, and
yet others appear in all three folders...

I'm pretty sure this is not a problem with duplicate entries - I have
checked those contacts of interest, via properties->other tab->Folder
location, and checking that the actual folder location was "Shared
Contacts", which it was.

Any ideas? This may just require a little explanation rather then an
actual fix. It would make more sense to me to either not list the
Shared Contacts within a specific user's contacts, OR list all shared
contacts...

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!!

Cheers,

James