Hello All, Please be noted of my environment first. 1. Exchange Servers : 2003 & 2007 2. Clients : Outlook 2003, 2007 & external clients (gmail, rediff, hotmail etc) 3. Public Folders are on Exchange 2003 Server 4. Base OS id Server 2003 R2 for all 5. All exchange Servers are patched to latest SP and RU. We are facing problem for a single Public Folder where except the owner of the PF no one else is able to send mails to it. Previous client settings of the PF: 1. Annonymous --> Folder visible and NONE 2. Default --> Folder visible and NONE Then the changes I made was: 1. Annonymous --> Folder visible & Read items and Reviewer 2. Default --> Folder Visible & Read items and Reviewer. I had made these changes 5 hrs before and still not able to find that whether the settings had not replicated or settings are not good enough. Still while sending mail, I am getting this below mentioned NDR. Please let me know if these settings are worth to get mails deliver from internal and external accounts. If not, then I may like to ask your assistance to get me the propper settings to allow all users to push the mails to this PF. Diagnostic information for administrators: Generating server: PMSGEZ02.Domain.org PublicFolder@Domain.com #550 5.2.0 STOREDRV.Deliver: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service reported an error. The following information should help identify the cause of this error: "MapiExceptionNotAuthorized:16.18969:68140000, 17.27161:000000005A020000000000001F00000000000000, 255.23226:00000000, 255.27962:0A000000, 255.27962:0E000000, 255.27962:0A000000, 255.27962:94000000, 255.17082:D6040000, 0.27745:02400080, 4.21921:D6040000, 255.27962:FA000000, 255.1494:43000000, 255.1238:00000000, 4.5587:0F010480, 0.65193:0F010480, 0.22086:0F010480, 6.14164:1DFAFFFF0B00F4650F010480, 6.8660:0F0104800B00F4650F010480, 6.21970:0F0104800B00F4650F010480, 6.21970:0F0104800B0097660F010480, 6.21970:0F010480B084A7660F010480, 4.31473:0F010480, 0.21097:0F010480, 4.8756:BFF9FFFF, 2.24219:00000000, 2.24219:00000000, 2.24219:00000000, 2.24219:00000000, 2.24219:00000000, 4.4580:05000780, 4.4408:05000780, 4.7637:D8040000, 4.5093:D6040000, 4.5318:D6040000, 4.10104:D6040000, 0.57449:0F010480, 4.6025:05000780, 4.5257:05000780, 4.4606:D6040000, 255.1750:0F010480, 0.26849:2F000000, 255.21817:D6040000". ## Original message headers: Received: from HUB.Domain.org (10.16.72.61) by PMSGEZ02.Domain.org (10.24.72.29) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.3.159.2; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:35:55 +0100 Received: from Mailbox.Domain.org ([10.16.72.142]) by CAS.Domain.org ([10.16.72.61]) with mapi; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 07:35:51 +0000 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary From: "User" <User@Domain.com> To: Public Folder <PublicFolder@Domain.com> Return-Receipt-To: <User@Domain.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 07:35:48 +0000 Subject: test mail Thread-Topic: test mail Thread-Index: AcwkHFqBdwQBZ4IHQmKVjBHb8/98jA== Message-ID: <48DD6D818E7EA14CBB672494809CA4507850D0@mailbox.domain.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <48DD6D818E7EA14CBB672494809CA4507850D0@mailbox.domain.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Return-Path: User@Domain.com

To receive email from internal users, then authenticated users need to have at least Contributor permissions. For external users to send email to Public Folders anonymous also needs to have at least contributor permissions. Anonymous having contributor permissions will NOT allow an internal user to send to a public folder because they are an authenticated user. Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

Hello Sembee, Thanks for the revert. Well, I did some modifications later on, which are as beneath: Default--> Contributor and Folder visible & Create Items Annonymous--> Custom and Create Items, Read Items & Folder visible As the user asked that, users may only send mails to the PF, but can not see the folders mails. Waiting for the replication to take place and then will update the status again. (But as per your above reply, I can not find any "authenticated user" security group whom I can deligate permission. There are Default, Annonymous, Owner, Publishing Authour, & Author) Please let me know if I do have to add the group to it? Thanks !

Yes it's done. All things are done now, according to the above permission granted. Thanks Sembee.. :)

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 01:56:51 +0000, Dev Ranjan [Exchange Specialist] wrote: >Thanks for the revert. Well, I did some modifications later on, which are as beneath: > >Default--> Contributor and Folder visible & Create Items > >Annonymous--> Custom and Create Items, Read Items & Folder visible You don't need anything more than to assign the Contributor role to the Anonymous user. Nobody without credentials needs to see the folder or to read the items in the folder. Stick with the standard role. [ snip ] >(But as per your above reply, I can not find any "authenticated user" security group whom I can deligate permission. There are Default, Annonymous, Owner, Publishing Authour, & Author) Please let me know if I do have to add the group to it? The "Default" user is what you want. The others (Owners, Publishing Editor, etc.) are roles that define permissions, they aren't users. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

http://msexchangesupport.blogspot.com/ Check out the above blogspot because it gives detailed information on how to resolve the problem.