Christian Lheureux ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Hello fellow listers,
:
: This is pretty much off-topic. I've been assigned the arduous task of
: investigating a possible solution for a shared calendar application. We are
: a staff of 6 persons, 1 resident (our staff assistant) and 5 more or less
: mobile (including myself). We all have Windows2000 laptop PCs, with Office
: 2000 properly licensed and installed. We are in dire need of a common
: calendar...

AFAIK, Samsung's OpenMail (formerly HP's) isn't available free for small
groups. I don't use Outlook or Outlook Express, preferring 'elm' on unix
and VMS, and Eudora on PCs.

This site might help

   http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm
   Sharing Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts

  "For many offices, the most frustrating experience related to Microsoft
   Outlook is finding out that, unless you are using Microsoft Exchange
   Server, there is no simple, built-in, reliable method for sharing
   contacts and calendars.

   Standalone users store data in Personal Folders .pst files. However,
   two people cannot work from the same Personal Folders .pst file at the
   same time, because these files are not designed for shared access. The
   same problem occurs if two people try to look at the same Personal
   Address Book. Of course, if two people share the same computer at
   different times of the day, they can share data; see Sharing Microsoft
   Outlook Info on One PC.

   A relatively recent development is the advent of a few products that
   can bypass the shared access limitations of PST files. See
   Other Solutions - General below.

   If you have Outlook 98 or Outlook 2000, you can use Net Folders to
   exchange information with other people via e-mail; this feature is
   more stable in Outlook 2000, but still not 100% reliable. However,
   this feature doesn't exist at all in Outlook 2002.

   The web solutions listed below look somewhat promising, but only if
   you have good fulltime Internet access..."

--Jerry Leslie     (my opinions are strictly my own)

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