Subject: DAMO and Shared Address Books
Hi William,
With the release of DAMO 7.0.2, through the UI you’ll easily be able to add a “custom” address book. That is, one that is not presented though Directory Assistance or the Directoy Catalog. These are the address books that you see in the list you refered to.
Until then, there are a couple of options as a work around:
Technote #1216888:
Network Option
A PST file can be created and placed on a local drive that users can then load to their Outlook folder pane. This file can be encrypted and password protected.
To create the file to contain the shared contacts:
In Outlook, select File > Data File Management …->Add->(Outlook 2003) Choose file format.
Name the file and browse to a common accessible location
Assign a title and password as necessary.
Select the newly created file in the Outlook folder pane and right-click and choose “New Folder”
Provide a name such as “Legal Dept Contacts”
In the “Folder Contains” field, choose “Contact Items”. Click OK.
From the “Contacts” shortcut, choose the newly created Contacts view and add contacts.
Server Option
On the Domino server, a “Shared Contacts” dummy user can be created with its own id file and mail file. Then, this dummy user wold then provide access to the desired users as if they were delegated users. The access and security would be controlled through the Domino server and normal DAMO security. The folders can be customized appropriately by eliminating unnecessary folders.
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Notes.ini parameter option
It is expected that acconmplishing this by editing the notes.ini not be necessary with the release of DAMO 7.0.2 as this will be accomplished through the DAMO UI.
By entering a parameter that identifies the Domino server (access rights are necessary) and the path to an address book or mail file (ACL must permit access to the database), in the DAMO user’s notes.ini file, that user will be able to pull a replica and keep it synchronized locally. This synchronization will take place each time the user starts Outlook/DAMO.
The syntax is:
__Directory=!!
IE:
bsimpson_theserver_Directory=Homer Simpson/PowerCo/Org!!AddressBookFolder\SpecialAB.nsf
Setup steps:
Shutdown Outlook
Open notes.ini in user’s data directory
Enter the parameter pointing to the file and save and close the notes.ini file
Start Outlook/DAMO.
The pst file will be created in this user’s data directory
It is necessary for this DAMO client is be able to access the Domino server via DNS. If there is a connection problem, please see technote #1198262 - “DAMO has the ability to create Connection Documents.”
Mike