Sharing Outlook Calendar & Mail

[Simfal]

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How do I share Outlook calendar and mail on a Windows 98 PC to allow a Win 2K PC access to both items - can it be done?

Simon

[Great_One]

if you are running outlook98 or higher up to outlook2000,
you ca use the net folders option to share calenders and e-mail
with other users and does not require exchange server. Net folers was dropped in office xp.

About Net Folders
Net Folders are Microsoft Outlook folders that automatically share information from your computer across the Internet. For example, you can use Net Folders to broadcast messages to a group of people in much the same way as an e-mail list server does, or you can share Outlook items such as calendars or contacts from your computer to any other user of Outlook anywhere. Special folders such as the Inbox, the Outbox, Exchange folders, and Exchange Offline Folders cannot be published. If you are using Exchange server, you can only share personal folders.

When you share a folder by using Net Folders, a copy of the shared folder appears in the Outlook Folder List of everyone who subscribes to the folder. For example, if you share a folder called Weems on your computer, everyone who subscribes to that folder will have a Weems folder added to their Folder List. Any item you put in the Weems folder on your computer is automatically sent to the Weems folder of all of the subscribers. If you modify an item in the Weems folder, the changed item is updated for all of the subscribers.

The owner of the Net Folder assigns a permission level to each subscriber, determining how they can work with items in the Net Folder. For example, the editor permission level allows a subscriber to add new items or change existing items in a Net Folder. Items changed by subscribers are updated in the original folder and in all subscriber folders. Learn about permissions.

Net Folders can be used to share messages, calendars, tasks, or contacts. You can also share journals or notes. You can share e-mail messages with subscribers who do not use Outlook, but they receive these items in their Inbox, and subscriber folders are not created. Outlook items other than e-mail messages, such as Calendar items or contacts, are not usable by other e-mail programs.