Sharing inboxes in Exchange 2003
I'm having a strange issue. I have two users, A and B, and wanted to share their mailboxes to user C. I follow this article http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/share-and-open-other-people-s-folders-HA001113481.aspx. I am also trying to restrict it to Read only. I do user A and B identical. Problem is for user A it shows the whole mailbox with full permissions "Deleted Items, Drafts, Inbox, Junk, Outbox, Sent Items, Search Folders" etc... But for user B it shows just the folder I gave read permissions to. I hope I explained this correctly. I assume there's a permission in Active Directory or such that user A has that user B doesn't have. I'm trying to just show the inbox of user A with read permissions, but it seems to be giving me full access to their whole mail.
October 20th, 2010 12:05pm

Please check user B mailbox setting and verify whther he has SELF permission on his mailbox. Try to re-assign permission to B thru ADUC (active directiry user and computer) and veiry it.Anil
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October 20th, 2010 12:30pm

Both mailboxes have "Read permissions" and "Full mailbox access". "Special Permissions" is checked by grayed out for both.
October 20th, 2010 2:25pm

Sharing individual folders one here, one there, is OK - but if you're trying to share an entire mailbox as a read-only resource, I think you are setting yourself up for a world of pain as a sysadmin. It does not scale well, and new folders won't inherit the settings. My advice? Either grant full mailbox access in AD or don't grant the access at all.Lanwench ** Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. Fill in the box completely and erase any stray marks. Use only a #2 pencil.
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October 20th, 2010 6:50pm

Sharing individual folders one here, one there, is OK - but if you're trying to share an entire mailbox as a read-only resource, I think you are setting yourself up for a world of pain as a sysadmin. It does not scale well, and new folders won't inherit the settings. My advice? Either grant full mailbox access in AD or don't grant the access at all.Lanwench ** Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. Fill in the box completely and erase any stray marks. Use only a #2 pencil.
October 20th, 2010 6:50pm

How would one go about doing that exactly? I believe I've tried that and it just never worked properly thus why I was doing the folder by folder approach :(.
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October 21st, 2010 11:01am

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:59:16 +0000, repnescasb wrote: >How would one go about doing that exactly? You can use the add-mailboxpermission cmdlet, or you can use the EMC (right-click the mailbox and select "Manage Full Access permission...". >I believe I've tried that and it just never worked properly thus why I was doing the folder by folder approach :(. It works. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
October 21st, 2010 10:08pm

If I right click on a mailbox name I do not have an option of "Manage Full Access". Perhaps that method is for a newer version of Exchange? And the same with the add-mailboxpermission deal? Unless I'm going about this the wrong way.
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October 22nd, 2010 3:53pm

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:51:32 +0000, repnescasb wrote: >If I right click on a mailbox name I do not have an option of "Manage Full Access". Perhaps that method is for a newer version of Exchange? It is. Sorry, I didn't see the "2003" in the subject. Select the "Exchange Advanced" tab on the user's property page and click the "Mailbox Rights..." button. Assign the user "Full mailbox access". >And the same with the add-mailboxpermission deal? Unless I'm going about this the wrong way. That only works with Exchange 2007 and 2010. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
October 22nd, 2010 9:30pm

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