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Hi there,
Is it just me, but why is IMAP support so bad in Outlook. I need to set up someone who just had a few PC's in their office (5 tops). Each are running different versions of Outlook and they are very light users of the PC to justify getting a server and supporting it. We wanted to get the Contacts and emails synchronised so sending email from 1 PC will show up on others and updating a contacts details will show across the network. Surely this can be achieved in a ROBUST, way that is easy to use without having to spend an arm and leg on server technology. That is all we want and thought IMAP was the way, but we have many problems. Any suggestions please! Surely many people have this setup working somehow around the world. Kind regards Dave |
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imap doesn't support contacts, only email. What versions of outlook do you
have? Support is best in Outlook 2003. -- "Dave Smithz" wrote in message .uk... Hi there, Is it just me, but why is IMAP support so bad in Outlook. I need to set up someone who just had a few PC's in their office (5 tops). Each are running different versions of Outlook and they are very light users of the PC to justify getting a server and supporting it. We wanted to get the Contacts and emails synchronised so sending email from 1 PC will show up on others and updating a contacts details will show across the network. Surely this can be achieved in a ROBUST, way that is easy to use without having to spend an arm and leg on server technology. That is all we want and thought IMAP was the way, but we have many problems. Any suggestions please! Surely many people have this setup working somehow around the world. Kind regards Dave |
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![]() "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... imap doesn't support contacts, only email. What versions of outlook do you have? Support is best in Outlook 2003. A minute of Outlook 2003, 2002 and 2000. Even if we do not go the IMAP route, what other suggestions are there for sharing contacts without the need to buy and setup an Exchange server. |
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options are here - http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm
-- "Dave Smithz" wrote in message o.uk... "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... imap doesn't support contacts, only email. What versions of outlook do you have? Support is best in Outlook 2003. A minute of Outlook 2003, 2002 and 2000. Even if we do not go the IMAP route, what other suggestions are there for sharing contacts without the need to buy and setup an Exchange server. |
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Dave Smithz wrote:
Is it just me, but why is IMAP support so bad in Outlook. I need to set up someone who just had a few PC's in their office (5 tops). Each are running different versions of Outlook and they are very light users of the PC to justify getting a server and supporting it. We wanted to get the Contacts and emails synchronised so sending email from 1 PC will show up on others and updating a contacts details will show across the network. IMAP folders contain only mail items. IMAP has no concept of "contacts". Your Contacts are completely separate from the IMAP account, so there's no way to share them via an IMAP server. You'll still need some tool as outlined here to share them: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm Surely this can be achieved in a ROBUST, way that is easy to use without having to spend an arm and leg on server technology. That is all we want and thought IMAP was the way, but we have many problems. Any suggestions please! Surely many people have this setup working somehow around the world. Outlook Express does a better job at handling IMAP and it's also easier to pass a WIndows Address Book file between systems to synchronize the contacts it contains, in my opinion. -- Brian Tillman |
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![]() "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... Dave Smithz wrote: IMAP folders contain only mail items. IMAP has no concept of "contacts". Your Contacts are completely separate from the IMAP account, so there's no way to share them via an IMAP server. You'll still need some tool as outlined here to share them: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm Thanks for this. Any suggestions on which of the solutions on this webpage is best? See the guys using the PC are very non technical and do not like change. They are used to Outlook (as I was thinking of moving them to Thunderbird for IMAP email - but this leaves no contact handling solution). Anyway, I might have to opt for one of these extension software packages. I just want it to be REALLY easy to use. Therefore as far as they are concerned they still carry on using it as normal, only when they send an email from one PC, they can see it in the sent email on another (they all share one email account). When they update a contact details on one PC, they can see the updates on the other PC's And being EASY is the key. Cheers Dave |
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Dave Smithz wrote:
Any suggestions on which of the solutions on this webpage is best? I've never used any of them, so I can't recommend any. Perhaps someone else has and can say which one they've used and how it has worked for them. -- Brian Tillman |
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