Re: Sharing Contacts and Calendar?

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:03:59 -0400

Bryan Anderson wrote:
> I work with a friend on a joint project and we have a need to share a
> diary and contacts. Here's the situation:
>
> ME:
>
> iPaq <---> Laptop <---> Desktop PC (A)
> |
> |
> FRIEND: Z: mapped via VPN
> |
> Palm <---> Laptop <----------
>
> Not sure if that makes sense on everyone's screens, but I have a
> desktop PC that I use as a server. I have a laptop that I run Outlook
> 2003 on and I sync that with an iPaq. My friend has a laptop and he
> has a drive mapped to my server via VPN. He also runs Outlook 2003 and
> he syncs his with a Palm device.
>
> Now - he uses Outlook for email, calendar and contacts and I use it
> for calendar and contacts only. We need to share the calendar and the
> contacts (ideally with the option to mark some contacts and apps. as
> private) but not the email.
>
> What is the easiest, simplest and FREE way to do this? Can I somehow
> set up a new .pst file on the shared drive and allow us both access
> to that?
>
> I ave tried Googling but only seem to find stuff about Exchange Server
> which is way beyond our needs and budgets.

One free option: each of you can set up a rree Yahoo mail account, use
Intellisync for Yahoo to sync your contacts/calendars, and set permissions
in Yahoo so each can view the other's data through a web browser. Can't
combine them into one, that I know of...although it might be possible to
sync a single Yahoo account with two Outlooks....I've never tried.

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm is another resource, but since
you aren't on the same LAN I don't know that many will work.

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