Public Folders contacts

I have another newbie public folders question. I would
like authorized users to be able to add global contacts to
a public folder. I logon to a client PC as administrator
and open the address book. When I try to add a new
contact to the public folders I receive a message
stating "You cannot create entries for this address
book". So I look in AD and by default there is
an "Internet Newsgroups" public folder already installed.
First of all I cannot see this folder from Outlook.
Second, Under the client permissions option for this
folder the "Folder Contact" option is grayed out. So even
if I could see the folder I assume I would not be able to
add a contact. You get the picture...

So what am I doing wrong? All I want to do is provide my
users with a public folder to store their global
contacts. Be able to see this folder in Outlook and
provide security to specific users to maintain the
folder. Seems simple enough....

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Don

HandyAndy
Fri Sep 19 00:00:46 CDT 2003

right click on all public folders, choose new folder,
choose contacts. Once you have created this new folder
you will have permission to set permissions on it. It
should show up in outlook on all the clients.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have another newbie public folders question. I would
>like authorized users to be able to add global contacts
to
>a public folder. I logon to a client PC as
administrator
>and open the address book. When I try to add a new
>contact to the public folders I receive a message
>stating "You cannot create entries for this address
>book". So I look in AD and by default there is
>an "Internet Newsgroups" public folder already
installed.
>First of all I cannot see this folder from Outlook.
>Second, Under the client permissions option for this
>folder the "Folder Contact" option is grayed out. So
even
>if I could see the folder I assume I would not be able
to
>add a contact. You get the picture...
>
>So what am I doing wrong? All I want to do is provide
my
>users with a public folder to store their global
>contacts. Be able to see this folder in Outlook and
>provide security to specific users to maintain the
>folder. Seems simple enough....
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>Don
>.
>

Jeff
Mon Sep 22 10:48:37 CDT 2003

I need this functionality as well! I have looked at Handy
Andy's reply and cannot find a way to implement it. The
way I see it is that the Exchange Manager public folders
are just folders. You have to use the Recipients Address
Lists which draws from AD. I can get all this to work,
but how to allow client users to add contacts???

What am I missing???

>-----Original Message-----
>I have another newbie public folders question. I would
>like authorized users to be able to add global contacts
to
>a public folder. I logon to a client PC as
administrator
>and open the address book. When I try to add a new
>contact to the public folders I receive a message
>stating "You cannot create entries for this address
>book". So I look in AD and by default there is
>an "Internet Newsgroups" public folder already
installed.
>First of all I cannot see this folder from Outlook.
>Second, Under the client permissions option for this
>folder the "Folder Contact" option is grayed out. So
even
>if I could see the folder I assume I would not be able
to
>add a contact. You get the picture...
>
>So what am I doing wrong? All I want to do is provide
my
>users with a public folder to store their global
>contacts. Be able to see this folder in Outlook and
>provide security to specific users to maintain the
>folder. Seems simple enough....
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>Don
>.
>

Chad
Mon Sep 22 11:09:39 CDT 2003

Hi Jeff -

In order to create a Contacts public folder, you need to create the public
folder in Outlook - not in ESM. When you create the new public folder in
Outlook, you can specify that it is going to contain contact items. You can
also modify the permissions on that folder in Outlook to ensure that your
users have the necessary permissions to view / add contacts.

--

Chad A. Gross - SBS Rocks!

Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be overcome
given enough time and money. Corollary: You are never given enough
time or money.


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Jeff <khjbott@cfl.rr.com> posted:
> I need this functionality as well! I have looked at Handy
> Andy's reply and cannot find a way to implement it. The
> way I see it is that the Exchange Manager public folders
> are just folders. You have to use the Recipients Address
> Lists which draws from AD. I can get all this to work,
> but how to allow client users to add contacts???
>
> What am I missing???
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have another newbie public folders question. I would
>> like authorized users to be able to add global contacts to
>> a public folder. I logon to a client PC as administrator
>> and open the address book. When I try to add a new
>> contact to the public folders I receive a message
>> stating "You cannot create entries for this address
>> book". So I look in AD and by default there is
>> an "Internet Newsgroups" public folder already installed.
>> First of all I cannot see this folder from Outlook.
>> Second, Under the client permissions option for this
>> folder the "Folder Contact" option is grayed out. So even
>> if I could see the folder I assume I would not be able to
>> add a contact. You get the picture...
>>
>> So what am I doing wrong? All I want to do is provide my
>> users with a public folder to store their global
>> contacts. Be able to see this folder in Outlook and
>> provide security to specific users to maintain the
>> folder. Seems simple enough....
>>
>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>> Don
>> .