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Multiple Personal Address Books
Ben Banfield 
08.04.1999
Rating: -3.50- (out of 5)
This allows users who share a single workstation to have their own personal
address books - i.e. each one to have a separate database on the same machine
for personal entries.
Have only tested on version 4.5.3, but I assume it works on other versions too.
Code
Some users who share machines don't like to share personal address books for
reasons of privacy of information (e.g. sensitive group lists), avoiding
confusion if they have contacts with similar names etc.
1. Create a new personal address book db from the template or by copying the
existing names.nsf from local and give it a new filename eg. newuser.nsf
2. Click File...Tools...User preferences, and go to the mail tab. Under "Local
Address Books", simply add a comma and the filename of the new address book you
created (newuser.nsf).
3. Next, set up the acl's on both local address book db's so that the
appropriate user is manager of each one and default is set to no access.
Remember to enforce consistent acl!
Having done this, each user can use his own address book on that workstation
but is unable to look into or add documents to any other user's address book.
Also, when using the address assistant dialogue, the user can only choose to
look in his own personal and any public address books he has access to.
Oddly, when entering names into the To or Cc fields in a new memo, type-ahead
will pick up entries even from the address book of the other user (even though
when you click on the workspace icon for that db you are denied access).
Perhaps this is a feature of location documents setups etc? Any ideas?
Anyway, it's a good way to prevent user confusion / local address book clutter,
but not a secure way of preventing other users sending mail to private groups
in your personal NAB (unless you give them obscure enough names!).
Let me know if this is useful or you have any questions.
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