Outlook, Personal & Windows Address Books ?

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Mark Flynn - 12 Sep 2004 20:04 GMT

In an Exchange environment (Outlook is a client for Exchange Server) -
what's the difference between an Outlook Address Book, Personal Address
book, and the Windows Address Book (WAB) ?

In Outlook, how do you make sure that the Personal Address Book and the
Windows Address Book is the same on the local hard drive ?

Can you point me towards an article that spells out the relationships (in
Exchange) between Contacts in "Outlook Today, and Contact items stored on
the local hard drive ?

I'm running Win 2k pro, and Outlook 2k locally - but I don't know the
version of Exchange that's running on the network.

Thanks, Mark Flynn

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 12 Sep 2004 20:56 GMT

Outlook Address Book = what you should be using for all personal addresses.
It shows data from your Outlook contacts folders, both mailbox and public
folders.

Personal Address Book = legacy address book supported for backward
compatibility. You shouldn't it be using it. Instead, if you have data in a
.pab file, import it into your Outlook contacts.

Windows Address Book = address book used by Outlook Express. Not relevant to
Outlook.

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> In an Exchange environment (Outlook is a client for Exchange Server) -
> what's the difference between an Outlook Address Book, Personal Address
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> Thanks, Mark Flynn

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Mark Flynn - 13 Sep 2004 20:45 GMT

Hi Sue:
Thanks for your help. I'll use the Outlook Address Book for all my
Contacts.

btw: I purchased your book "The Microsoft Outlook 2000 E-mail & Fax Guide"
some time ago, and have used it often.

Thanks again, Mark Flynn

> Outlook Address Book = what you should be using for all personal addresses.
> It shows data from your Outlook contacts folders, both mailbox and public
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> > Thanks, Mark Flynn

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