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Automated contact import with merge possible?

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Randy Smith - 30 Aug 2006 17:28 GMT
Hey Everyone,

What I am trying to do is...

We have cell phone number lists that change periodically and rather than
have everyone manually update the numbers, I would like to do it once and
export the cahnges. I was wondering if it is possible to setup some kind of
batch or executable file that the end users can just run that updates the
contact list merging changes wihtout replacing current contact info. We are
running Exchange 2000 and Outlook 2000 & 2003.

Or maybe a way to setup a company contact list in one place and give
everyone access to it. We only have about 50 employees.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Randy Smith
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Sep 2006 23:34 GMT
No import functionality like that is built into Outlook. You'd have to code it yourself

Why not just use an Exchange publiic folder to hold that information?

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Randy Smith - 05 Sep 2006 15:18 GMT
Sue,

Thanks so much for replying. I have "seen" you around the Outlook/Exchange
community for years and years. Your website - slipstick is also an old
favorite of mine. Yet, I am still very much a novice. I work for a small
company in a small town and they will porobably prefer to retype the the
phone numbers every time they change rather than "learn" anything new. They
just kind-of push the buttons they are supposed to push and that's it.

Exchange & Outlook have such tremendous power and scope but I have not yet
been in situations that lead me to use a lot of the advanced features.

I am certain that I could setup a public folder for this - you are
absolutely right - but with this user dempgraphic here it would go unused. I
should have thought of that.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer. (It's kinda like having a
celebrity help you :) )

Randy

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