Microsoft KB Archive/817967

= You cannot open the private contacts in a shared contact folder when they are included in public distribution lists in Outlook =

Article ID: 817967

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

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SYMPTOMS
When you give a user Reviewer permission for your Outlook Contacts folder, they cannot see contacts that you have marked as private.

However, if you have included a private contact in a public distribution list, then the user with Reviewer permission can open the distribution list, and, in the distribution list, open your private contact, contrary to expectations.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
 * Do not include a private contact in a public distribution list.

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 * Make any distribution list private that contains a private contact.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: security permissions privacy OL2003 OL2007

Keywords: kbcontacts kbnofix kbprb KB817967

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