Distributed email viewing

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Stephen Ford

I've set up a couple of PCs in a small office and want to "distribute"
contact lists. That is I would like any person to log into any PC and access
their own emails and contact lists. I would like to set up a company-wide
contact list also, so that as well as user's own contacts, there is a
general set company contacts available to everyone.

One PC is Win98se + OEx the other is XP Pro with Outlook.

Where do I start reading?

Regards
Stephen Ford
 
Stephen said:
I've set up a couple of PCs in a small office and want to "distribute"
contact lists. That is I would like any person to log into any PC and
access their own emails and contact lists. I would like to set up a
company-wide contact list also, so that as well as user's own
contacts, there is a general set company contacts available to
everyone.

One PC is Win98se + OEx the other is XP Pro with Outlook.

Where do I start reading?

Regards
Stephen Ford
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You can't do this with the equipment you have unless you use web-based
email (not Outlook). With web-based email and a common email
addressbook, leave the messages on the server until some time when
everyone is finished with them. Many of the web-based email companies
(Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) also have a calendaring app.

To do this locally (not with web-based email), you would need to be
running an Exchange server.

Malke
 
You can't do this with the equipment you have unless you use web-based
email (not Outlook). With web-based email and a common email
addressbook, leave the messages on the server until some time when
everyone is finished with them. Many of the web-based email companies
(Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) also have a calendaring app.

To do this locally (not with web-based email), you would need to be
running an Exchange server.
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Ok, I'll start looking at Exchange server. Sounds expensive and complicated
....

Stephen
 
Stephen said:
Ok, I'll start looking at Exchange server. Sounds expensive and
complicated ...

Stephen
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Yes, it is. If you are just trying to do this for a few people,
web-based mail/calendar would be a better choice. Or use something like
Thunderbird or even Outlook locally but leave the email messages on the
server for a while.

Malke
 
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