The problem with this is that you have to reassign permissions every time and also you get a duplicate contact list in the address list. Users also have to set this up to show in their address list every time it is updated. Can any of you think of another way? Is there actually a way to export to public folders and I am just looking in the wrong place or going about it in the wrong way? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Lorie -----Original Message----- From: KJ Demott [mailto:prjit@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 4:32 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Public Folders - Export/Import http://www.MSExchange.org/ As a workaround: Drag the public folder into a personal mailbox, exporting that, then when you reimport you can create a new public folder and re-set permissions. >From: "Stephen Hartley" <shartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Public Folders - Export/Import >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 07:00:17 +1000 > >http://www.MSExchange.org/ > >Lorie, in your original post, you had the export (or was that import?) >working, but users were excluded from accessing the contacts database? >The problem is Outlook will not let you access the public folders during >the import/export process. > >The workaround that I suggested was to create a copy of the dataset and >store it in the public folder. On rereading, you cannot access public >folder? Well, try creating a new database on your system, import the >data you want into that, then give everyone access to that contacts >database. > > > >All I'm offering is workarounds. > >I hope that this works. I am building a new exchange server now, so >later today I will try it. > > > >Stephen Hartley > > >