installing exchange server

[ken]

I've install SBS2000 on a network of 7 computers running
Win98 & XP with outlook 2002 & 2000 so they can share a
contact list in the public folder. I've created the
public folders on the server and setup the permissions,
but I cant find a way to configure Outlook to see the
public folders without uninstalling and reinstalling. Is
there a way to do this?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

What services do you have installed in Outlook?

All you should have is Exchange server and the Outlook Address book. No POP,
no PST files. Import data from PSTs to the mailboxes if you used to use
them.

 

[ken]

That's correct The only thing the end user want to use is
a shared contact list. E-mail is handled by their
external web hoster. In fact the only other service they
are using is file sharing. No printing, no e-mail, no
ISA, no IIS. I'm just trying to avoid exporting
their .pst files, uninstalling Outlook, reinstalling
Outlook with a connection to Exchange and importing
their .pst files. I need to do this on Win98 clients with
Outlook 2000 and Win Xp clients with Outlook 2002.

ken.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The best solution would be to simplify your setup a lot - no PST files for
one. See http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxf.htm. Have Exchange
handle all your mail, both internal and external, instead of using POP.

Your current configuration is not supported in versions of Outlook prior to
2002, and is not ideal even then in that you're sorta defeating the point of
a centralized server by relying on Outlook to handle Internet mail.

Hosting your own domain's mail will be a lot easier, mail will be faster,
you'll be able to use OWA and Out of Office, you can easily assign multiple
addresses to each user, can use mail-enabled public folders, publicly
addressable distribution lists/groups, and can scan all inbound/outbound
mail for viruses using Exchange AV software on the server.

You don't need to uninstall/reinstall Outlook - just create new profiles or
modify the existing ones.