I want to share my contacts and distribution lists with others. The reason is
so if my computer crashes (again!) and I loose the thousands of contacts and
lists set up there will be a backup.

Question is if I share them, will the people I share them with have a copy
if I lose mine or will it all be gone for everyone since mine is the master
copy?

Odd question. You can only share data if you are running against Exchange
server. If you are running against Exchanger Server then you have absolutely
no need to worry about losing data. Reconcile the discrepancies in your
question, and clarify what you think you need to do.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mandy77" wrote in message
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I want to share my contacts and distribution lists with others. The reason
is
so if my computer crashes (again!) and I loose the thousands of contacts
and
lists set up there will be a backup.

Question is if I share them, will the people I share them with have a copy
if I lose mine or will it all be gone for everyone since mine is the
master
copy?

Simply make a copy of your .pst file and ALL your Outlook date will be
saved. Save it to a USB stick or an external drive.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Mandy77 asked:

| I want to share my contacts and distribution lists with others. The
| reason is so if my computer crashes (again!) and I loose the
| thousands of contacts and lists set up there will be a backup.
|
| Question is if I share them, will the people I share them with have a
| copy if I lose mine or will it all be gone for everyone since mine is
| the master copy?