We have a small networking group (30 people) and would like to share each
others' contact details, but we're not on the same server or system. So I
saved everyone's details in Windows Address Book as a separate set of
contacts, saved this as a windows address book file and emailed it round.
No-one seems to be able to open it properly, and I can't use any of the email
addresses to send emails either.

Have I used the wrong tool, and is there any other way of emailing a
contacts list (not just email addresses but other details too) so they're
easily usable by not very technical people (I don't really want them to have
to import csv files if we can avoid it).

Thanks

Dave

Dave Wreathall wrote:

We have a small networking group (30 people) and would like to share
each others' contact details, but we're not on the same server or
system. So I saved everyone's details in Windows Address Book as a
separate set of contacts, saved this as a windows address book file
and emailed it round. No-one seems to be able to open it properly,
and I can't use any of the email addresses to send emails either.

You can't import a WIndows Address Book file with Outlook. In fact, there's
no way to export to a WAB with any current version of Outlook. Explain how
you created the WAB file.
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks Brian

It was a while ago, but I think I just opened Windows Address Book via
Accessories and created a new folder, asuming that Windows Address Book was
the same as Outlook Address Book. I'm not sure why WAB exists at all, if it's
no use in Outlook, other than to confuse.

David

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Dave Wreathall wrote:

We have a small networking group (30 people) and would like to share
each others' contact details, but we're not on the same server or
system. So I saved everyone's details in Windows Address Book as a
separate set of contacts, saved this as a windows address book file
and emailed it round. No-one seems to be able to open it properly,
and I can't use any of the email addresses to send emails either.

You can't import a WIndows Address Book file with Outlook. In fact, there's
no way to export to a WAB with any current version of Outlook. Explain how
you created the WAB file.
--
Brian Tillman

Dave Wreathall wrote:

It was a while ago, but I think I just opened Windows Address Book via
Accessories and created a new folder, asuming that Windows Address
Book was the same as Outlook Address Book. I'm not sure why WAB
exists at all, if it's no use in Outlook, other than to confuse.

It's used by Outlook Express.
--
Brian Tillman

Hi Dave,

maybe on this site you will find sharing solutions:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

Another idea, if you only need the information over a web site, could be a
"Web PST" (web access to an Outlook without Exchange):
http://www.publicshareware.com/publi...scription.html

Maybe it helps.

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
New: Web access for Outlook without Exchange: Public WEB PST
http://www.publicshareware.com


"Dave Wreathall" schrieb im
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We have a small networking group (30 people) and would like to share each
others' contact details, but we're not on the same server or system. So I
saved everyone's details in Windows Address Book as a separate set of
contacts, saved this as a windows address book file and emailed it round.
No-one seems to be able to open it properly, and I can't use any of the
email
addresses to send emails either.

Have I used the wrong tool, and is there any other way of emailing a
contacts list (not just email addresses but other details too) so they're
easily usable by not very technical people (I don't really want them to
have
to import csv files if we can avoid it).

Thanks

Dave

Thanks. Hopefully Microsoft will address this itsself in due course.

David

"Oliver Vukovics" wrote:

Hi Dave,

maybe on this site you will find sharing solutions:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

Another idea, if you only need the information over a web site, could be a
"Web PST" (web access to an Outlook without Exchange):
http://www.publicshareware.com/publi...scription.html

Maybe it helps.

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
New: Web access for Outlook without Exchange: Public WEB PST
http://www.publicshareware.com


"Dave Wreathall" schrieb im
Newsbeitrag ...
We have a small networking group (30 people) and would like to share each
others' contact details, but we're not on the same server or system. So I
saved everyone's details in Windows Address Book as a separate set of
contacts, saved this as a windows address book file and emailed it round.
No-one seems to be able to open it properly, and I can't use any of the
email
addresses to send emails either.

Have I used the wrong tool, and is there any other way of emailing a
contacts list (not just email addresses but other details too) so they're
easily usable by not very technical people (I don't really want them to
have
to import csv files if we can avoid it).

Thanks

Dave