Sharing in Outlook

[westmatrix]

How do I setup sharing in Outlook without an exchange server?
There must be a method that we could use surely?

Why must we buy more software like exchange server or other third party
software just to enable sharing of folders or more importantly contacts?

All these developers develop for what? the $ only.

 

[Gordon]

How do I setup sharing in Outlook without an exchange server?
There must be a method that we could use surely?

Why must we buy more software like exchange server or other third party
software just to enable sharing of folders or more importantly contacts?

All these developers develop for what? the $ only.

see if anything here grabs your fancy.....
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm#other

 

[John Nasta]

First let me make it clear that I don't work for Microsoft, I am not a MVP,
and free advice is often worth every penny...

I don't know of any way to share folders in real time w/o some kind of
server, but it's pretty easy to export folders from one machine and import
them to the other. I am doing the same thing right now moving some Outlook
contact info from an older computer to a newer one. IIRC it prompts you on
how to handle duplicates (add as duplicate or update) if you are going to be
updating regularly. It's very easy if you are always going from one
"primary" machine that always has the most recent data to a backup machine.
It gets a little more dicey if you need to go back & forth.

Good luck,
John Nasta

 

[westmatrix]

Thanks for responding.
I still have to install and or buy an application that needs tweaking when
Microsux should have sharing capabilities for these basic and needed services.

Firstly we have to buy these products then buy more products to get what we
want out of it.
It's a money making scheme - something that I would prefer not to support.

Thanks again.

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for responding.
I still have to install and or buy an application that needs tweaking when
Microsux should have sharing capabilities for these basic and needed
services.

But MS is in existence to make money for it's shareholders - if you
extrapolate your argument all their software should be free.....

Firstly we have to buy these products then buy more products to get what
we
want out of it.
It's a money making scheme - something that I would prefer not to support.

www.ubuntu.com

 

[Gordon]

Thanks for responding.
I still have to install and or buy an application that needs tweaking when
Microsux should have sharing capabilities for these basic and needed
services.

Firstly we have to buy these products then buy more products to get what
we
want out of it.
It's a money making scheme - something that I would prefer not to support.

I don't know of ANY PIM that shares information without having to purchase
additional software....not easily, anyway.

 

[John Nasta]

Read my other reply. It is a solution that would cost you $0 as long as
you're not looking for "real time" sharing.

BTW, every business is a money making scheme, or at least the owners of the
business hope it will be.

Microsoft has to make an OS that does the most things for the most people.
It is meant for home computers and when you get into certain business
functions like filesharing it is true that you have to buy an upgrade or
third-party software or even hardware. Their software actually works great
and can be scaled up to run very big businesses. I used to be a project
manager at a bank that had over 70,000 employees all happily networked
together in a Windows environment. Of course they didn't just buy Windows
off the shelf and expect it to do all of that though...

Don't let it get you down. Just ask nicely for the answers and you'll find a
solution that works for you.

John Nasta

 

[Brian Tillman]

I still have to install and or buy an application that needs tweaking
when Microsux should have sharing capabilities for these basic and
needed services.

Name a single PC mail client where that's not necessary.

 

[Brian Tillman]

It's a money making scheme - something that I would prefer not to
support.

Then don't. Use something free for which you don't have to pay.

By your argument, the people who hire you shouldn't have to pay you for your
services, either. Your wanting a paycheck is just a money-making scheme.

 

[westmatrix]

Linux mail

Name a single PC mail client where that's not necessary.

 

[westmatrix]

Yes you are right,
I don't charge when it comes to problems I can solve with email.
Unless it's hardware you need.

 

[John Nasta]

Well, I can't tell you how happy I am to see this thing come full circle.

Sometimes things can be solved by email, and sometimes the only thing
another person can tell you is that you're going to have to buy something to
do what you are asking for.

It's amazing.

Life is beautiful again.

I still can't print my @#$%^&* labels with delivery point barcodes though

 

[Brian Tillman]

Linux mail

And how do you share calendars without some infrastructure?