[Linux] Integrating Outlook 2003 & FC 5
Steven Benmosh
linux@flux.org
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:26:39 -0600
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Yes, if you share the files with her. You should create a special group with
the boss and the secretary and allow only group members read/write access to
the file, unless, of course, you want other people to have access to the
content.
I don't think you can separate contacts from emails, which means that the
secretary would see if the boss is planning to fire her, or to diddle the
other secretary. In other words, maybe sharing the .pst file is not such a
great idea. Maybe he should export the contacts and share the calendar only,
without giving her the pst file.
Have y'all considered gmail? You can share calendars there very nicely for
free and without crashes, which is more than I can say about outlook.
Z.
On 3/30/07, Jason Alazawi <jason.alazawi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Aaron -
>
> Doing what you just said would that allow the bosses secretary to be able
> to access his contacts and modify his outlook calendar, because that is the
> main goal that I'm trying to achieve.
>
> Jason
>
>
> On 3/29/07, Aaron Wolfe <Aaron@kdtsolutions.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is very simple to do. Outlook in stand alone mode will typically
> > store it's information in one or more".pst" files. All you need to do is
> > store these PST files on a file server rather than the local hard disk, and
> > you no longer need to worry about the local machine as far as Outlook. You
> > could use samba on your linux box (or any other type of file server) to do
> > this quite easily. For better performance you might also want to consider a
> > locally attached external hard drive if the PSTs are large, like over a
> > gigabyte in size. Basically just don't store the PSTs on the system drive
> > and your boss can reformat all he wants, you will not lose anything.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* linux-admin@flux.org [mailto:linux-admin@flux.org] *On Behalf Of
> > *Jason Alazawi
> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:00 PM
> > *To:* linux@flux.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [Linux] Integrating Outlook 2003 & FC 5
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear in my posting:
> >
> > The boss is running Windows XP and currently using Outlook 2003 but he
> > trashes his computer so often that i just want to keep all of his contacts,
> > emails, calendar, and periodic backups to the server that way when he
> > trashes the computer I don't have to burn it to disk or upload it my self
> > the computer will just do it automatically.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > On 3/29/07, *Ben Preston* < veruus@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 3/29/07, Terry Richards <sn00per1@bellsouth.net > wrote:
> > > Jason Alazawi wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey guys long time no post from me.
> > > >
> > > > Hey my boss wants me to set up something where he can use outlook
> > and
> > > > since he is always reformatting his computer (why, I don't know) So
> > > > instead of having to backup his outlook contacts and restoring it
> > and
> > > > really killing half a day because of the size and quantity; is there
> > a
> > > > way that I can save everything to my already existing SSH server
> > that
> > > > way all I have to do is redirect outlook to pull it's information
> > off
> > > > the server?
> > > >
> > >
> > > i'm not sure i understand but can ya put his /home directory on
> > another
> > > partition so it don't get trashed each time?
> > >
> >
> > This would be Windows as the boss' OS (Outlook)... Maybe you could
> > set aside a partition or disk as "Documents and Settings" but I
> > haven't ever seen that in the wild.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ben
> >
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> > http://makethemove.net/
> > http://www.mozilla.com
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Yes, if you share the files with her. You should create a special group with the boss and the secretary and allow only group members read/write access to the file, unless, of course, you want other people to have access to the content.
<br><br>I don't think you can separate contacts from emails, which means that the secretary would see if the boss is planning to fire her, or to diddle the other secretary. In other words, maybe sharing the .pst file is not such a great idea. Maybe he should export the contacts and share the calendar only, without giving her the pst file.
<br><br>Have y'all considered gmail? You can share calendars there very nicely for free and without crashes, which is more than I can say about outlook.<br><br>Z.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Jason Alazawi</b> <<a href="mailto:jason.alazawi@gmail.com">jason.alazawi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Aaron -</div>
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<div>Doing what you just said would that allow the bosses secretary to be able to access his contacts and modify his outlook calendar, because that is the main goal that I'm trying to achieve.</div><span class="sg">
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<div>Jason<br><br> </div></span><div><span class="e" id="q_111a36b0f9b7d76f_2">
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Aaron Wolfe</b> <<a href="mailto:Aaron@kdtsolutions.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Aaron@kdtsolutions.com
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">This is very simple to do. Outlook in stand alone mode will typically store it's information in one or more".pst" files. All you need to do is store these PST files on a file server rather than the local hard disk, and you no longer need to worry about the local machine as far as Outlook. You could use samba on your linux box (or any other type of file server) to do this quite easily. For better performance you might also want to consider a locally attached external hard drive if the PSTs are large, like over a gigabyte in size. Basically just don't store the PSTs on the system drive and your boss can reformat all he wants, you will not lose anything.
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <a href="mailto:linux-admin@flux.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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</b>Jason Alazawi<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:00 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:linux@flux.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
linux@flux.org</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Linux] Integrating Outlook 2003 & FC 5</span></font></p></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear in my posting:<br><br>The boss is running Windows XP and currently using Outlook 2003 but he trashes his computer so often that i just want to keep all of his contacts, emails, calendar, and periodic backups to the server that way when he trashes the computer I don't have to burn it to disk or upload it my self the computer will just do it automatically.
<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Jason</span></font></p>
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<p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 3/29/07, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ben Preston</span></b> <<a href="mailto:veruus@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
veruus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font></span></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 3/29/07, Terry Richards <<a href="mailto:sn00per1@bellsouth.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sn00per1@bellsouth.net
</a>> wrote:<br>> Jason Alazawi wrote:<br>><br>> > Hey guys long time no post from me.<br>> ><br>> > Hey my boss wants me to set up something where he can use outlook and <br>> > since he is always reformatting his computer (why, I don't know) So
<br>> > instead of having to backup his outlook contacts and restoring it and<br>> > really killing half a day because of the size and quantity; is there a <br>> > way that I can save everything to my already existing SSH server that
<br>> > way all I have to do is redirect outlook to pull it's information off<br>> > the server?<br>> ><br>><br>> i'm not sure i understand but can ya put his /home directory on another <br>
> partition so it don't get trashed each time?<br>><br><br>This would be Windows as the boss' OS (Outlook)... Maybe you could<br>set aside a partition or disk as "Documents and Settings" but I <br>
haven't ever seen that in the wild.<br><br>--<br><br>Ben<br><br><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="http://makethemove.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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