Outlook / Oracle Global Address List

Just a couple of quick questions regarding manipulating the Global Address List.
Firstly, is it possible to hide an entry that exists in the Oracle Directory Service from the GAL (for example, removing the orcladmin user from the address book).? Also whats the best way to expose an Alias to the GAL? We use aliases, coupled with a server side rules, to deliver mail to shared folders and would like the aliases visible in the address book to all users.
On an unrelated point, is it possible to automatically un-hide new shared folders within the outlook connector? (i.e. instead of having to go to the properties for Shared Folders and manually un-hiding them on each users machine, can it be done administratively, remotely?)
Thanks.

Hello
I don't know if you can do LDAP with VBA, but the OCS directory can be querried that way.

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ethoms wrote:
1) I can't easily share address books accross orgs/domains.Sharing personal address-books across hosted domains is definitely a useful feature. I could however not find an existing RFE (request for enhancement) to have this feature added to Convergence or UWC/CE so it seems the demand for such a feature is low.
2) I can't subsribe or even access subcribed address books in Convergence.Bug #6690621 - "Enable advanced personal address book functionality (creation/deletion/sharing)". Hopefully this feature is added in Convergence Update 1.
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http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite/Project+Aries
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There is a longer-term plan to have 'multiple send identities' in Convergence along the same lines as Thunderbird.
RFE #6673157 - "Multiple send identies".
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What could definetely be improved is more features for multi-org/domain companies/enterprises that are both seperate and yet together on different levels and services. In the ISP world hosted domains remain very-much separate. As you have noted this model doesn't apply for smaller deployments (Universities/SME) so there is definitely work that can be done on this level.
Also needs more GUI configuration and managemant services (e.g. mailbox management/statistics, more DA options).The underpinnings of GUI configuration (or at least simplified configuration/administration) is already occurring with a shift towards XML storage of configuration data in Messaging Server (and I believe IM server). This step makes it much easier to build tools (whether they be cli/gui based) which can parse/modify the existing configuration.
But as I'm sure I've mentioned in the past, the only way to get traction on the features you desire is to bring these issues up with your Sun Account Rep.
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Ari_Dev wrote:
The scenario is i am an employee and i want to get information regarding other employees(name,location) which are stored in outlook through my java application(using JOC).Just a point of clarification, there is no actual java code in the Sun Outlook Connector. The use of Java with most of our products names is for marketing/branding purposes only.
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