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Mathew Bamford - 05 May 2005 01:21 GMT
Hi,

I have a manager that has his PA maintain a contact list that she shares
with him. However when the manager types an email it doesnt look into that
contact list to resolve the user....

Normally if you create another contact list you can right click on it and
publish it to the search order in your address book but I cant see how this
can be done with a shared contact list.

Any help is greately appreciated!
Mathew
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 05 May 2005 02:28 GMT
The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's mailbox, not your own, and start Outlook with that profile.

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make sure that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a display name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.

3. Close Outlook.

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from Step 1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the Exchange Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your Outlook Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.

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> Hi,
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> Any help is greately appreciated!
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Mathew Bamford - 05 May 2005 15:56 GMT
Thanks for the information Sue....

And to confirm, by adding it in this process it will allow the "shared
contact" to be included in the search order for when new mail messages are
created?

Regards,
Mathew

> The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own Windows account, not the other user's:
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 05 May 2005 17:35 GMT
Yes. It will act exactly as any other address list in the address book.

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