Thanks!

This works for me but I now get an error saying Outlook is in recovery mode
each time I open it up. I get this even if I de-select Cached Mode. If I open
Outlook with any other profile, it gives no errors. If I chose to work
offline I cannot access the other account. Any Ideas? Thanks again.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at
least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as
the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own
Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's
mailbox, not your own, and start Outlook with that profile.

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make sure
that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a display
name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.

3. Close Outlook.

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from Step
1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the Exchange
Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your Outlook
Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.

You might find it easier to use a contacts folder in the Public Folders
hierarchy as a place for users to put contacts to be shared.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Mary Ann" wrote in message
...
I use Outlook 2003.

I understand that to use someone else's Contacts folder the other person
must have given me permission to do so and we must be using Exchange
Server.
Given that this is the case, when I open the other person's Contacts
folder,
will I be able to send emails to those contacts, will they appear in my
Select Names dialogue box?

We are a small team with Exchange Server and want to be able to share
address books. What is the best way to do thi?

With thanks in advance.

Recovery mode means there's a mismatch between the .ost file and your mailbox. What you might want to do is start over with a new profile that doesn't use Cached Exchange mode. Once you have the address book set up as you want, then turn on Cached Exchange mode.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Joel R. Girard MCSE" wrote in message ...
Thanks!

This works for me but I now get an error saying Outlook is in recovery mode
each time I open it up. I get this even if I de-select Cached Mode. If I open
Outlook with any other profile, it gives no errors. If I chose to work
offline I cannot access the other account. Any Ideas? Thanks again.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at
least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as
the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own
Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's
mailbox, not your own, and start Outlook with that profile.

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make sure
that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a display
name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.

3. Close Outlook.

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from Step
1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the Exchange
Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your Outlook
Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.

You might find it easier to use a contacts folder in the Public Folders
hierarchy as a place for users to put contacts to be shared.


"Mary Ann" wrote in message
...
I use Outlook 2003.

I understand that to use someone else's Contacts folder the other person
must have given me permission to do so and we must be using Exchange
Server.
Given that this is the case, when I open the other person's Contacts
folder,
will I be able to send emails to those contacts, will they appear in my
Select Names dialogue box?

We are a small team with Exchange Server and want to be able to share
address books. What is the best way to do thi?

With thanks in advance.

That did it! Thanks very much.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Recovery mode means there's a mismatch between the .ost file and your mailbox. What you might want to do is start over with a new profile that doesn't use Cached Exchange mode. Once you have the address book set up as you want, then turn on Cached Exchange mode.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Joel R. Girard MCSE" wrote in message ...
Thanks!

This works for me but I now get an error saying Outlook is in recovery mode
each time I open it up. I get this even if I de-select Cached Mode. If I open
Outlook with any other profile, it gives no errors. If I chose to work
offline I cannot access the other account. Any Ideas? Thanks again.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at
least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as
the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own
Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's
mailbox, not your own, and start Outlook with that profile.

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make sure
that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a display
name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.

3. Close Outlook.

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from Step
1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the Exchange
Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your Outlook
Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.

You might find it easier to use a contacts folder in the Public Folders
hierarchy as a place for users to put contacts to be shared.


"Mary Ann" wrote in message
...
I use Outlook 2003.

I understand that to use someone else's Contacts folder the other person
must have given me permission to do so and we must be using Exchange
Server.
Given that this is the case, when I open the other person's Contacts
folder,
will I be able to send emails to those contacts, will they appear in my
Select Names dialogue box?

We are a small team with Exchange Server and want to be able to share
address books. What is the best way to do thi?

With thanks in advance.