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How to import contacts from Novell Groupwise to Outlook?

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JB - 31 Dec 2004 21:29 GMT
My work data base is Novell Groupwise. I would like to share my business
contacts with my personal computer using a data key. Any suggestions on
translating the data?
Karl Timmermans - 02 Jan 2005 18:07 GMT
Sounds like you have 2 questions with the assumption being that you're
talking about Outlook on your personal computer

First - how to get data out of Groupwise into a format which can be imported
by Outlook - this may be what you need:

Export Address Book Group Members to CSV
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/1684.html
*** caveat - the standard Outlook import function will not import any custom
field information if you have any

Second - syncing via a common field between the two

Outlook has no import capability to import based on a common key - you'd
need to write your own code or use a 3rd party product for that (such as
ContactGenie DataPorter - if you're only looking for one way data movement -
reverse updating won't be available until the release of the ContactGenie
2.1 series). In any event, you have to determine which field (or group of
fields) would uniquely identify a contact between the two which could be
either any standard or custom field combination (in terms of CGD).

You may also find other potential solutions to your requirement here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm (there are other pages on
Slipstick which may have other applicable alternatives)

Karl

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ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0
"Power contact importers for MS Outlook '2000/2003"
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> My work data base is Novell Groupwise. I would like to share my business
> contacts with my personal computer using a data key. Any suggestions on
> translating the data?
 
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