View Another User's folder (contact items)

[Guest]

Dear All,

User needing access to a subfolder with Contact items, both mailboxes in
Exchange 2000 server. Although I hknow how to go around the Outlook interface
to privide access to the other user's subfolder, according to article 290824:
" In order to share other than the five default Mailbox folders, Contacts,
Inbox, Journal, Notes, and Tasks, you must share the entire mailbox. This
gives access to subfolders, as well as the five primary folders."
....is this so? Really? I just want the user to have access to that specific
subfolder with contact items w/o reading anything else (inbox, etc) in the
user's mailbox..Is is possible?
Thanks!
Angel

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Dear All,

User needing access to a subfolder with Contact items

(NB: I don't recommend using subfolders in contacts - I prefer to keep all
contacts in *one* folder & use categories to sort/organize)

, both mailboxes
in Exchange 2000 server. Although I hknow how to go around the
Outlook interface to privide access to the other user's subfolder,
according to article 290824: " In order to share other than the five
default Mailbox folders, Contacts, Inbox, Journal, Notes, and Tasks,
you must share the entire mailbox. This gives access to subfolders,
as well as the five primary folders." ...is this so?
Yes.

Really?

Really.

I just
want the user to have access to that specific subfolder with contact
items w/o reading anything else (inbox, etc) in the user's
mailbox..Is is possible?

Yes. To see any folders other than the defaults you see in file | open |
other user's folders, you'll need to grant the delegate at least 'reviewer'
rights to the root of the other mailbox in Outlook. Grant the actual desired
permissions on each folder you wish for the other user to access.

Then in the delegate's Outlook, go to the properties of the Exchange server
service, advanced tab, and add the other mailbox there - it will now show up
in their folder list.

As I said above, tho, why use multiple contacts folders in the first place?
Messy.