Public Folder retention and Inheritance

So I understand that I can set Age Limits on a Public Folder DB and that is inherited by all folders.  I also know I can set an Age Limit on a particular folder and that will take precedence.

I was wondering about Age Limits and inheritance.  I ran a quick test, setup a PF with an Age Limit, then I created a subfolder.  It didn't inherit the age limit of the parent folder so I guess Age Limits aren't inherited.

Question now, is there a way to make retention periods inherted or use something else to ensure new folders inherit the retention period of the p

June 17th, 2013 9:24pm

Hi David

By default, a public folder inherits the settings of its parent folder, including the permissions settings.

Configure Public Folder Properties:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691327(v=exchg.141).aspx

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June 18th, 2013 11:02am

Yes so it goes over what I said.  Users who have permissions to create public folders don't have the ability to set the retention policies, nor should they, but this creates a situation.

The problem is that a user could create a new folder, drag old emails into it, and they'd be subject to the default policies.  Email could be lost. 

June 18th, 2013 4:29pm

Hi

If you want to use different retention policy on different folder, why not use personal tag ? Personally think this is a best way to achieve the goal you mentioned.

Retention Tags and Retention Policies:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297955(v=exchg.150).aspx

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June 26th, 2013 9:16am

Hi

Any update ?

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July 4th, 2013 3:47am

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