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[OX General] shared contacts

Jeff Christensen jrc001 at cityxpress.com
Tue Jun 13 21:49:45 CEST 2006


Martin is this you "thinking out loud" about this feature?

How weird is this idea?

> Hi,
> 
> from the user perspective there are some confusing 
> considerations we have to think about :
> 
> The global address book and the private folder having permissions.
> If the user copies the objects into his private folder then 
> everything is fine because the user himself has the full 
> control like before and he is able to share such a contact in 
> the normal way.
> 
> If we just "link" such an object from one folder into a 
> private folder which kind of permissions are the primary ones 
> or should we merge them? Also, what happens if the user 
> shares his private folder? Should such an object appear in 
> the shared calendar as well and what kind of impact are given 
> by the shared folder permissions?
> 
> What about "virtual" folders where a user can "bundle" 
> objects from any location. There are still some questions 
> what happens with existing permissions and if an object is 
> not longer available because of a permission change.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin Kauss






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