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**Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]** · September 4th 08, 03:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

"Rick Reuling" Rick wrote in message
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As an MCSE and having been so on every version of Windows since NT 4.0, I
take exception to Russ's reply. This is not, in my mind, the tone a true
IT
professional should take as it reflects poorly on those of us who
genuinely
strive to help users solve their issues and enjoy the benefits that we who
work in IT know are numerous, and it's certainly not helpful.

This might be applicable of Russ were an IT professional, but his profession
is in another area. He's a person with extensive knowledge of how Outlook
works and he gives the real-world responses of someone who accepts the
reality of how Outlook works, not how we wish it to work.

While exporting and importing will work, and contrary to statements
otherwise you really won't lose any data you care about if you send all
fields out to CSV,

Thie is a false statement. No matter what you think you know, Outlook does
lose data when exporting or importing. For examples, the connections
between contacts and the calendar or to the journal do get lost.

I would only recommend that solution if you have a lot of
contacts. My favorite quick fix for this is below.

All of what you say after this is beside the main point of Russ's post,
which is you're foolish if you don't make frequent backups of your data if
that data has value. The side note, that often sync software has flaws, is
also a true assertion and I don't see how anyone could deny that.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]