> Hi, At my present company each user sets up their own contacts list
> including
> for other internal users. Where I've worked previously we didn't have to
> set
> up internal users as they existed in the outlook address book. Can someone
> please explain why the outlook address book at my present company would be
> empty and how do I populate it - please include steps required from both a
> users and administrators perspective. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2002

> Sorry, but I don't understand the question, given the scant information you
> provided about your version of Outlook and the mail environment.

> The Outlook Address Book shows the addresses in your default Contacts
> folders and the other contact folders that you may have asked to be shown in
> the Outlook Address Book. Perhaps you're confusing it with the Global
> Address List, which would contain internal addresses if Exchange is your
> mail server. Both would appear in the address book, but as separate address
> lists.
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
>      Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>      Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>      http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> > Hi, At my present company each user sets up their own contacts list
> > including
> > for other internal users. Where I've worked previously we didn't have to
> > set
> > up internal users as they existed in the outlook address book. Can someone
> > please explain why the outlook address book at my present company would be
> > empty and how do I populate it - please include steps required from both a
> > users and administrators perspective. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2002

> It is the global address list which is empty. The email server type we use
> is
> POP3 and we use a program called MDaemon. I am also aware of a WAB file
> which
> contains a list of the internal addresses but am unsure if outlook can
> utilise this in the contacts - either in global address list or otherwise.
> If
> there is other information about the environment that would be helpful
> please
> provide any info you can as to the type of info to provide. Thanks for
> your
> patience.

>> Sorry, but I don't understand the question, given the scant information
>> you
>> provided about your version of Outlook and the mail environment.

>> The Outlook Address Book shows the addresses in your default Contacts
>> folders and the other contact folders that you may have asked to be shown
>> in
>> the Outlook Address Book. Perhaps you're confusing it with the Global
>> Address List, which would contain internal addresses if Exchange is your
>> mail server. Both would appear in the address book, but as separate
>> address
>> lists.

>> > Hi, At my present company each user sets up their own contacts list
>> > including
>> > for other internal users. Where I've worked previously we didn't have
>> > to
>> > set
>> > up internal users as they existed in the outlook address book. Can
>> > someone
>> > please explain why the outlook address book at my present company would
>> > be
>> > empty and how do I populate it - please include steps required from
>> > both a
>> > users and administrators perspective. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2002

> An Outlook mail profile using a POP account has no intrinsic global address
> list.

> A .wab file is an Outlook Express address book file and has in it only what
> the user put there.

> Everything you've said so far suggests that there's no reason to expect any
> shared address list to exist in your environment. For group address list
> solutions, see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/groupcontacts.htm
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
>      Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>      Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>      http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> > It is the global address list which is empty. The email server type we use
> > is
> > POP3 and we use a program called MDaemon. I am also aware of a WAB file
> > which
> > contains a list of the internal addresses but am unsure if outlook can
> > utilise this in the contacts - either in global address list or otherwise.
> > If
> > there is other information about the environment that would be helpful
> > please
> > provide any info you can as to the type of info to provide. Thanks for
> > your
> > patience.

> >> Sorry, but I don't understand the question, given the scant information
> >> you
> >> provided about your version of Outlook and the mail environment.

> >> The Outlook Address Book shows the addresses in your default Contacts
> >> folders and the other contact folders that you may have asked to be shown
> >> in
> >> the Outlook Address Book. Perhaps you're confusing it with the Global
> >> Address List, which would contain internal addresses if Exchange is your
> >> mail server. Both would appear in the address book, but as separate
> >> address
> >> lists.

> >> > Hi, At my present company each user sets up their own contacts list
> >> > including
> >> > for other internal users. Where I've worked previously we didn't have
> >> > to
> >> > set
> >> > up internal users as they existed in the outlook address book. Can
> >> > someone
> >> > please explain why the outlook address book at my present company would
> >> > be
> >> > empty and how do I populate it - please include steps required from
> >> > both a
> >> > users and administrators perspective. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2002

> Thanks for the tip on the site. A note on the Wab file - in MDaemon in the
> setup menu under Miscellaneous if you go to the WAB tab there is a check
> box
> to mirror addresses to the wab file. It also states that this will then
> keep
> the Windows Address book (WAB) up to date. I therefore believe this is
> more
> than just what the user puts there and was hence wondering if it can be
> utilised in outlook. This may or may not be addressed in the site you
> referenced, if so then I imagine I'll find the answer there. Thanks for
> the
> help!

>> An Outlook mail profile using a POP account has no intrinsic global
>> address
>> list.

>> A .wab file is an Outlook Express address book file and has in it only
>> what
>> the user put there.

>> Everything you've said so far suggests that there's no reason to expect
>> any
>> shared address list to exist in your environment. For group address list
>> solutions, see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/groupcontacts.htm
>> --
>> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>> Author of
>>      Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>>      Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>>      http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

>> > It is the global address list which is empty. The email server type we
>> > use
>> > is
>> > POP3 and we use a program called MDaemon. I am also aware of a WAB file
>> > which
>> > contains a list of the internal addresses but am unsure if outlook can
>> > utilise this in the contacts - either in global address list or
>> > otherwise.
>> > If
>> > there is other information about the environment that would be helpful
>> > please
>> > provide any info you can as to the type of info to provide. Thanks for
>> > your
>> > patience.

>> >> Sorry, but I don't understand the question, given the scant
>> >> information
>> >> you
>> >> provided about your version of Outlook and the mail environment.

>> >> The Outlook Address Book shows the addresses in your default Contacts
>> >> folders and the other contact folders that you may have asked to be
>> >> shown
>> >> in
>> >> the Outlook Address Book. Perhaps you're confusing it with the Global
>> >> Address List, which would contain internal addresses if Exchange is
>> >> your
>> >> mail server. Both would appear in the address book, but as separate
>> >> address
>> >> lists.

>> >> > Hi, At my present company each user sets up their own contacts list
>> >> > including
>> >> > for other internal users. Where I've worked previously we didn't
>> >> > have
>> >> > to
>> >> > set
>> >> > up internal users as they existed in the outlook address book. Can
>> >> > someone
>> >> > please explain why the outlook address book at my present company
>> >> > would
>> >> > be
>> >> > empty and how do I populate it - please include steps required from
>> >> > both a
>> >> > users and administrators perspective. I am using Microsoft Outlook
>> >> > 2002