Sharing outlook accounts over network

[DoG]

OK- I have recently set up a small internal network for a local company. All the machines are using XP Pro and have Outlook XP installed.

The manager wants to be able to share his schedule/tasks and emails with the rest of his staff and secretary.

He also wants his staff to share their schedule/tasks with him.

Outlook XP says that exchange server 2000 is needed to share the info around, BUT exchange server wont install on XP (DNS Server Needed and several components not supplied with XP Pro)

Is there any other way of sharing this info, any exchange server equivalent?
I have tried sharing the managers .pst file with the other users but all this did is share the emails not the tasks/schedule info.

Any ideas?

[JacKDynne]

Hmmmm.... I have never tried any other way aside from with an exchange box on the back end and all the accounts hosted on that server....

I will keep an eye out for other ways that may work as you want but am not sure it's possible....Gotta go to an all day tech show but will be back on later to help ya look

/JD

EDIT- BTW, Nice custom south park avatar

[DoG]

Thanx JD

Got to do some real work today?? lol

[Cactus]

Hya DoG,

With earlier versions this wasn't a problem. There were two ways, via MSMAIL (and an WGPO or WorkGroupPostOffice) adn there was another way, witch I don't know anymore.

With Outlook XP M$ ripped the WGPO-way to share mail and schedules (forcing people to buy an Exchange Server) so im currently looking for that other option. . .

[Cactus]

Hi again,

Sorry DoG, but it seems that M$ has made it impossible with the Outlook XP version to share calanders or contacts without an Exchange Server or another third party sharing util. I couldn't find what I was looking for till I came to this page: hxxp://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

Again, with any earlier version of Outlook what you are looking for is available, so you might even consider downgrading Outlook. I manage several machine that have Office XP installed, but use Outlook 2000 as their email client.
Or you could look for a third party solution of course . . .

I'll ask around if anyone know a way to share with the XP version, but I don't feel confident that it's possible.

[DoG]

Thanks for looking for me- i'm looking at the link now and there seems to be a viable solution on there.

4Team Software, will post here if it works. If not its back to Outlook 2000, not that there is much difference!

[JacKDynne]

Quote:

Got to do some real work today?? lol

LMAO My favorite thing about shows/demos is that you see them all in the first 1/2 hour - then the rest of the day is yours... (to do with as you want )

Sorry so late on the reply but just fired on my box...looks like its not possibe with the native app - well good luck with the other viable solution, hope it works

See yah around

/JD