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GLewis - 03 Jun 2004 22:26 GMT

My boss' contact folder and subfolders have been set to be shared with me. He asked me to add a couple of contacts to a distribution list for him, but when I click on select members, his contact list isn't displayed as an option. I also tried clicking and dragging into the list, but that didn't work either. Is there some way I can do this, or does it have to be done from his own mailbox/login

Thanks!

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 04 Jun 2004 14:38 GMT

The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
book display is somewhat involved:

1. Start with a profile that logs directly onto the other user's mailbox,
not your own.

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* to change the mailbox
from the other user's to your own. On the Advanced tab of the Exchange
Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

5. 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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> My boss' contact folder and subfolders have been set to be shared with me. He asked me to add a couple of contacts to a distribution list for him, but

when I click on select members, his contact list isn't displayed as an
option. I also tried clicking and dragging into the list, but that didn't
work either. Is there some way I can do this, or does it have to be done
from his own mailbox/login.

> Thanks!

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