I'm not clear on the technical difference between not getting an answer and
"get you no answer at all"? Also please note, you've given me an additional
"not an answer" more than I predicted.

How do you guys make time for this? Why does Microsoft allow you to fill
these forums with stuff like this?



"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Telling you to follow newsgroup etiquette (no multiposting, no caps) is
not insulting. The people who reply here have to sift through hundreds of
messages per day. It shows a lack of respect on your part towards the
people replying (who are all volunteers, users like you, who reply in
their free time) if you multipost.
There is no moderator here (these are newsgroups, not forums) and you not
following newsgroup etiquette and insulting a regular poster will get you
no answer at all.


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"wdsnews" wrote in message
:

Russ,

Why are we writing these words to each other and not focusing on the
technical issue? You have now written four replies to me without
providing
one stitch of assistance. Not only that but you're wrong. The two posts
below come two days after my original post.

...and the only reason I posted them is because your insulting demeanor
failed to provide any solution to the original post but simply
smart-mouthed
me for some reason which I fail to understand.

...and so here I am, still without a solution and wondering why are you
allowed to fill this forum with such garbage? No doubt you'll reply once
again without providing any help at all.



"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Guess again.
post in mpo.contacts = 5/8/2007 2:31PM
post in mpo.outlook = 5/8/2007 2:54PM
It would be most helpful if you did not multipost.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"wdsnews" wrote in message
...
You should note that I waited two days before choosing a different
forum
and posting a request for help. The problem is that in the other
forum,
I also received a reply that didn't answer my question. So, like your
non-answer below, people will see that I received a reply and then not
jump in to help. Now it seems my only choice is to wait several weeks,
and post yet another request for help on this subject.

It would be most helpful to not reply to a post if you can't help.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Do not multipost, please.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"wdsnews" wrote in message
...
We have an existing database which we maintain daily. It contains
email addresses. Is there a way for Outlook to use it as an address
book? Can we make it available as a company wide resource? I don't
want to use import/export because then you either have two copies to
maintain or you have a daily, labor intensive, error prone job to be
performed.

thanks for your advice.