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.

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

Both mailboxes have "Read permissions" and "Full mailbox access". "Special Permissions" is checked by grayed out for both.

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.

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.

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 :(.

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

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.

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