When saving new contact details I want them to go directly to shared contacts
(public folder) as opposed to staff saving to individual contact lists.

I have been asked to create an Outlook "Distribution list" in Outlook from
email addresses held in an Access table.
I have linked from Access to the Outlook Contacts list without any
difficulty but when, in Outlook, I create a Distribution list it, only

Greetings one and all
I am running Outlook 2003 with SP1 installed (Window XP Pro + SP2 (error
predates SP2 application))
A couple of days ago I tried to delete an entry in the Contacts folder but

I would like to generate specific distribution lists in Outlook based on
critieria that has not been met in an excel spreadsheet or Access query.
The distribution lists would be used to send followup emails to those who
have not met the criteria.

microsoft help procedure does not follow with the choices I have with Outlook
2000 or XP.  If contacts won't work with briefcase I would like to move the
.pst files to a more available location on my C:drive. ( how would I do that?)

Does outlook standard have contact manager?  I think this might be the problem.

I want to send a message to my neighborhood (i.e. a distribution list)
without *displaying* all the names & addresses.  I've received emails like
that, but I haven't figured out how it's done. Is it possible to do with
Outlook?  If so, please tell me how.

Hi all...
I've searched around Usenet and Google, but can't find out how to do this.
Basically, I want to my "File As" settings for Contacts in Outlook 2002
to be "Company (Firstname Lastname)".  However, that's not an option provided

WIN XP, Outlook 2002
When composing a new message, to a group of contacts, their email addresses
show in the TO, rather than the name as displayed in their contact records.
Also, in viewing individual contact records, I don't have the field option

I am writing a small script to convert all GAL address entries into outlook
contact items and copying them to contact folder.
I am using MAPI property tags for converting. I found that the data in GAL
address entry is differently stored from outlook contact. For example 'First

I can export individual Contacts data into Excel but I cannot seem to export
data from my Distribution Lists into Excel.  Can this be done?  If so how?

We are sharing an outlook contacts folder which has over 4000 contacts.
Recently the folder got corrupt, and all contatcs were doubled.
I found the reason: the maximum size of a shared contacs folder is 2mb ...
our folder was 3.5mb.

I copied my contacts to a disc and now I can't open the file or retrieve any
of my contacts.  I'm using office XP

I was trying to move my contacts to my laptop.  I have somehow replaced my
current contact list with old information.  How can I get my current contacts
back again?