Sharing contacts over network without Exchange

[Mike T]

Hello!

I am looking for a way to share Outlook contacts among users on our network.
Basically, I would like to create one big shared contact list stored in a
shared network folder where everyone can add/modify contacts and where
multiple people can access the list at the same time. I realize that
Microsoft states that you require Exchange Server to do this, but we are not
using Exchange. The solution posted in the Microsoft knowledge base
involves copying to the shared .pst file to each computer every time the
list is modified. As I'm sure you can imagine, this is an unacceptable
solution in a team environment.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this task, preferably without buying
a third party product?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Mike

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Dear Mike,

without to invest money in an exchange or another 3rd party solution, for a
solution that saves a lot of money you can use Outlook 2000 and synchronize
your information with NetFolders.

This is a buggy tool and it is unsupported in Outlook 2002 and 2003 but it
is for free.
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/netfolders.htm

For any other 3rd Party solutions with real developers who need money to
support her familys:
http://www.mapistore.com/Outlook/Groupware/
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm