Granting Permission to Inbox & Folders

[Guest]

Can anyone let me know the correct way of granting permission to other users
to access inbox & all sub folders ? I was told that we need to grant access
rights to inbox as well as existing sub folders (individually). Is that
correct ?

Thank you.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

To access a shared folder that isn't one of the folders listed on the File | Open | Other User's Folder dialog, the mailbox owner needs to grant "folder visible" permission to the root of the mailbox and any other parent folders of the shared folder, as well as appropriate permission -- at least Reviewer -- on the shared folder itself.

The user who needs access then goes into Tools | E-mail Accounts or Tools | Services (depending on the Outlook version), brings up the properties for the Exchange Server service, and on the Advanced tab, adds the mailbox.

For more information on folder permissions, with how-to screen shots, see http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm and http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA011134811033

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thank you Sue for the quick response. Can you tell me if there is anyway for
us to grant permission at the top folder level (which will proprograte
downwards) ? I understand from some article that we need to do this on an
individual folder level for existing folder.

Many thanks once again.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Microsoft provides a free tool you can use for that -- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...92-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Microsoft provides a free tool you can use for that -- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...92-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Sue, the tools seems to point only to Public Folders. Can you please confirm
if I can use it for individual user's folders or if there is another tool for
that purpose ?

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It works for mailboxes, too. Try it and see for yourself!

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers