How to add Public Folder Contacts to the list of Address Books in Outlook so anyone can send e-mail to a shared contact

doverton — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:49:00 GMT

I was recently asked by someone how to do this. Considering the fact that there are pre-defined public folders in SBS, including those for contacts I thought it was worth sharing this with a wider audience. Set this up for a customer using SBS and they can easily share contacts across the whole business. Add the contacts folder to the favourties list and they are also cached offline :-)

I found the answer by experimentation, but then this article describes it well too. The magic tab in Office 2007 (and 2003) is pictured below from my system.

How to add Public Folder Contacts to the list of Address Books

First thing you need to make sure that the public folders has a contact list created. Also, double check the permissions so that your users can view the contact list.

To setup the Contact List in the Address Book navigate to your public folder and find the contact list you want to add.

Right-click on the Contacts Folder and click properties.

Click on the Outlook Address Book tab.

Check the box next to “Show this folder as an email address book.

If the check box is unavailable you need to add the Outlook Address Book to your profile.

Click on the Tools menu and then click on Email Accounts.

Click Add a new directory or address book, and then click next.

Click Add additional Address book, and then click next.

Click Outlook Address Book, and then click next.

Click OK and restart outlook.

After this is complete you can go back to the contact list and then follow the steps on adding the contact list to your address book.

Source: How to add Public Folder Contacts to the list of Address Books - AppRiver

ttfn

David

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Are you finding Outlook Web Access (OWA or e-mail from Remote Web Workplace) is showing errors or "image not found" red crosses when accessed from Vista? Another catch by Kevin at Neoblog

doverton — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:29:00 GMT

I'm beginning to think I need a subscription from Neoblog to appear higher in my list. I have not tested this, so let me know if there are any issues, but here is the information he has posted.

OWA and Vista

Posted on February 14th, 2007 by Kevin Higerty
If you use Outlook Web Access and have recently upgraded to Vista you will find that you can’t reply or do any action on an email, typically the edit area shows a ‘image not found’ red x in the corner.
This is because Windows Vista no longer includes support for the ActiveX control that is used for HTML editing in Outlook Web Access, you need to apply a hotfix to Exchange.

Source, more details and the link to the fix: neoblog » OWA and Vista

ttfn

David

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How to add Public Folder Contacts to the list of Address Books in Outlook so anyone can send e-mail to a shared contact

Are you finding Outlook Web Access (OWA or e-mail from Remote Web Workplace) is showing errors or "image not found" red crosses when accessed from Vista? Another catch by Kevin at Neoblog

OWA and Vista