Private contacts

[David Mudra]

In Outlook 2007 contacts there is a button entitled "private" that doesn't
actually do anything. How do I tag certain contacts as private so that
someone would need a password to open that specific contact?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Private does not equal password protected. All it does is make the item not
visible to people to whom you have not granted the right to view your
private items.

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After furious head scratching, David Mudra asked:

| In Outlook 2007 contacts there is a button entitled "private" that
| doesn't actually do anything. How do I tag certain contacts as
| private so that someone would need a password to open that specific
| contact?

 

[Gordon]

How do I tag certain contacts as private so that
someone would need a password to open that specific contact?

Can't be done natively AFAIK - you /may/ find a third-party contact admin
app that might do that...

 

[David Mudra]

Private does not equal password protected. All it does is make the item not
visible to people to whom you have not granted the right to view your
private items.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, David Mudra asked:

| In Outlook 2007 contacts there is a button entitled "private" that
| doesn't actually do anything. How do I tag certain contacts as
| private so that someone would need a password to open that specific
| contact?


So then if I have not granted anyone the right to view my items wouldn't the contact be visable to everyone? I appreciate the response but not certain what this even means

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

So then if I have not granted anyone the right to view my items wouldn't the
contact be visable to
everyone?

If you have not granted permission to anyone, then it should be visible to no
one. Of course, the Exchange administrator could have granted the permission.