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And in 4.7 it was abook.na2 if I remember correctly. But if you follow the instructions for exporting it then it shouldn’t matter what format it’s currently in, what matters is the format to which you export it. No opinion on what’s best for that-the only time I work with Outlook or Outlook Express (which is what I assume you’ll be using) is when I’m moving people off of it. Netscape likes LDIF formats for importing. Or maybe that’s just me.

The 80.126.etc. simply means that your friend is using the ‘real’ Internet address of the server vs. a domain name. It really doesn’t mean that she has her own server although it’s likely. You can set up this type of address with ISP’s servers but you’re taking a risk-the ISP can change the ‘real’ address at any time, thus invalidating your link. If you use the domain name then it doesn’t matter if the ‘real’ address changes-the ISP will reassign the domain name whenever they change that real address.

As for setting up a web site, essentially I’d advise you to set it up on your PC then transfer the entire set up to a ‘blank’ web site. You transfer it using an FTP program. There’s plenty of ‘gotchas’ in this-the most common are transferring from a case-insensitive system to a case-sensitive one (that’s bitten me a couple of times) and failing to use relative addresses (that I always watch out for). If you’re not sure what I’m talking about then you probably have some learning to do before setting up a web site this way. Google some HTML tutorials or even the specific term ‘relative link’.

The 80.126.etc. simply means that your friend is using the ‘real’ Internet address of the server vs. a domain name. It really doesn’t mean that she has her own server although it’s likely. You can set up this type of address with ISP’s servers but you’re taking a risk-the ISP can change the ‘real’ address at any time, thus invalidating your link. If you use the domain name then it doesn’t matter if the ‘real’ address changes-the ISP will reassign the domain name whenever they change that real address.

As for setting up a web site, essentially I’d advise you to set it up on your PC then transfer the entire set up to a ‘blank’ web site. You transfer it using an FTP program. There’s plenty of ‘gotchas’ in this-the most common are transferring from a case-insensitive system to a case-sensitive one (that’s bitten me a couple of times) and failing to use relative addresses (that I always watch out for). If you’re not sure what I’m talking about then you probably have some learning to do before setting up a web site this way. Google some HTML tutorials or even the specific term ‘relative link’.

I hate to disagree but simply have TCP/IP & Client for MS Networking does not guarantee file sharing between WinXP & Win98. I’ve just been thru several weeks of hell trying to integrate 2 new Dells with WinXP into an existing network of Win98 machines. I’ve finally given up for now. The XP machines can read/write to all machines on the network, and to each other, but the Win98 machines can’t read/write to the WinXP machines. So I’ve told the XP users for the time being to save their documents on the other machines. Hate it-mostly wastes those new HDs, largest of any on the network, but it’s better than having files that others can’t get to.

A caveat here-I’m not using TCP/IP for file & printer sharing until I get a firewall installed & configured. Under Win98 I used IPX/SPX for that & it worked fine. Doesn’t seem to work between 98 & XP though. So I’ll try again using strictly TCP/IP-after I get that firewall.