Yes PDA is the one reason they were looking at it. This a school district that they like to do things where if they teachers have to click one or two extra clicks or God forbid they have to learn soemthing new for their email or they will go on strike. Trust me I wanted to export all the GAL user to a shared Public folder but they thought that was to complex for the users??? Thats OK a 6 week gig is turning into a longer project. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Siegfried Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:22 PM Subject: RE: owa global address list
Synchronizing with a PDA? Using them with Outlook contact distribution lists? And probably a lot more. <Siegfried /> > -----Original Message----- > From: Soysal, Serdar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:21 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: owa global address list > > > Siegfried answered the "how" portion. Let me ask you this: why oh why do > they want to do that? If an item is already in the GAL, what is the point > in creating a duplicate entry in their Contacts folder? > > S. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:54 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: owa global address list > > > Then do you thnk it is also possible to drag and drop GAL users into the > Contact folder under OWA2000? That is the next thing the customer is > looking > for. Seems OWA 2000 will be their main email client until they decide > otherwise. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Siegfried Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:03 PM > Subject: RE: owa global address list > > > You don't need VB knowledge to accomplish that. Either VBScript or, if > you're coming from a C/C++ or Java shop, Jscript is enough as > programming language. > > The important part is to understand (and learn) the objects and their > object models to access such information. > > In this case LDAP is used to query the Windows 2000 Active Directory. > Since LDAP is a C/C++ (or Delphi) only API Microsoft developed ADSI. > ADSI can be used to read and write to Active Directory and the Internet > has lots of sample stuff how to do that. > > Some code can be found at > http://www.cdolive.net/samples/adusermanagement.eml (and soon you'll > find more at a similar place <wink>) > > <Siegfried /> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:56 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: owa global address list > > > > Thanks will give it a try. I looked on CDOlive before but must have > missed > > the posting. Thanks again. I see now that if I am to continue doing > > Exchange > > 2000 deployments, VB or other programming classes are going to be > needed > > more than in the past for these type of requests. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Siegfried Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:06 PM > > Subject: RE: owa global address list > > > > > > As already mentioned on the list. There is a solution you can buy if > you > > need it now. Or, if you are a programmer, you can write your own > > extension using LDAP to browse the Active Directory. > > > > A couple of month back I wrote this piece for a customer > > http://www.cdolive.com/images//owa2kaddrbook.jpg. So, as you can see, > it > > is possible for a skilled developer and it didn't took me too much > time > > ;-) > > > > <Siegfried /> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:55 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Re: owa global address list > > > > > > Well that is the question. Would love to know of someone who could > to > > > that. > > > VB, CDO or some other tool to accomplish this. Been looking for a > long > > > time > > > and seems to be the number one request I get from customers. If > anyone > > > knows > > > of a solution please point me to them. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Siegfried Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:13 AM > > > Subject: RE: owa global address list > > > > > > > > > Right. But the only way for OWA 2000 is definitely not to buy the > > > Messageware stuff. If you're a programmer you can solve this without > > > paying those bucks and I'm sure somebody will write a simple > > enhancement > > > to accomplish that in the near future. > > > > > > <Siegfried /> > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:35 AM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: Re: owa global address list > > > > > > > > Thats true if it's 5.5 OWA 2000 is a whole different ball game > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:17 PM > > > > Subject: RE: owa global address list > > > > > > > > > > > > > In 5.5 there's a book on CDO which includes enough information > to > > > build > > > > your > > > > > own GAL tool. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > -- > > > > > Chris Scharff > > > > > Senior Sales Engineer > > > > > MessageOne > > > > > If you can't measure, you can't manage! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:43 PM > > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > > Subject: Re: owa global address list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it is. The only way to see the GAL is to purchase the > > > > > > softaware addon from Messageware.com Yopu have to just tell > > > > > > the users that OE=OWA is a thin client and doesn't have all > > > > > > the features of a fat client such as Outlook 2000. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "bill brummett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 5:46 PM > > > > > > Subject: owa global address list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i dont see my global address list on owa, rather see only a > > > search > > > > > > > function. is this normal? > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
