Or search restrictions ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Morrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:48 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Huge contact folder in Public Folders > > > RE: Dumb thought No 3: > > Creating a new container for the CRs, while a good idea in my > opinion, will > not prevent the addresses from muddying the GAL. It will make > it easier to > separate the two entities out if the users, when addressing > their messages, > choose to use the drop down menu next to the Show Messages from in the > address book to select one of the containers instead of the > GAL, but the CRs > will most definitely show in the GAL without ABVs. > > Mike Morrison > NT/SMS/Exchange Administrator > Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Ault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:25 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Huge contact folder in Public Folders > > > Unfortunately, a client is required in order to access a PF; > even if you do > some CDO, you are still gonna need a client to gain access to the dir. > > Dumb thought No 1: If OL2k is choking on a massive import, have you > considered breaking the job into bitty parts? ..say, 10k > names instead? > > Dumb thought No 2: Configure OL2k as OST client. Add target PF into > Favorites folder. Set Favorites/targetPF to sync offline. > Sync OL2k. Take > OL2k offline. Import contacts into Favorites/targetPF (hold > breath #1). Sync > OL2k (hold breath #2). Let list know if dumb idea really works.. > > Dumb thought No 3: ABV's will provide a nice way to segregate > users. And you > are correct that it'll take some planning to work out both > the technical and > political whatnots. But you can certainly import 60k CR's > into your dir > without being pressed into implementing ABV's before you are ready. I > presume their is a desire not to muddy the GAL with all those CR's, so > create a new container and import the CR's into there. > > Tim. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Calvin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 5:45 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Huge contact folder in Public Folders > > > Actually in the long run, I will import the records into the Exchange > Directory as custom recipients. I don't do that today > because once our GAL > is increased by 60,000 entries, I will need to immediately > create address > book views to manage the whole thing. Creating these views > will involve > cooperation of administrators across Exchange sites and that > process takes > time. I was hoping to find a quick way to copy 60,000 > contact records into > a Public Folder without hanging up the client. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Morrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:49 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Huge contact folder in Public Folders > > > Why not use Custom Recipients instead of a public folder > contacts list? > > Mike Morrison > NT/SMS/Exchange Administrator > Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Calvin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:47 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Huge contact folder in Public Folders > > > I have a problem. I have a contact folder in the Public > folders that is > used for an address folder for Outlook clients. It contains > 60,000 records. > Once a month, I get a new list in csv format that I need to > use to update > the records in the folder. > > Outlook won't import a foreign file directly into the Public > Folders. If I > import into a local folder, then move the folder into the > Public Folders, > all the clients that are configured to use this folder as an > Outlook Address > folder have to be reconfigured. I can't import into a local > folder, then > copy the records into the Public Folder because Outlook hangs > up with such a > large list of records. > > ANY SUGGESTIONS? > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
