Microsoft KB Archive/149262

= XCLN: Rights to Folder Require Reviewer Rights on Mailbox =

Article ID: 149262

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
 * Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q149262



SUMMARY
Granting Author rights to a folder within a Mailbox requires that the Mailbox have at least Reviewer rights. Without Reviewer rights, the user will receive one of the following messages when attempting to view the folder:

The set of folders could not be opened. You do not have sufficient permission to perform this operation on this object. See the folder contact or the system Administrator.

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The set of folders could not be opened. The client operation failed.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, if User1 wants to grant User2 rights to a folder named Projects, User1 must grant User2 at least Reviewer privilege to his Mailbox. By granting User2 Reviewer privilege to the Mailbox, User2 will be able to see all Top-Level folders. Also by granting Reviewer privilege to User2 on the Mailbox, User2 will be able to see any Sub-Folders contained in Projects.

This behavior is by design. Microsoft Exchange clients may consider it a security risk if the Microsoft Exchange user is only wanting to provide access to a particular folder and not to their Mailbox. If this is the case, Microsoft Exchange users should consider using public folders as a workaround for providing access to specific folders.

Additional query words: faq OL97 OL98

Keywords: kbusage KB149262

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