How do I share a "sub-Contact" folder?

[Teija]

Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003 server. I have several Contact Folders and
would like to share one of them with another employee, without sharing my
main Contacts. So far, I've only been able to share the top level Contact
Folder. Thanks for any suggestions on this!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

To access a shared folder that isn't one of the folders listed on the File | Open | Other User's Folder dialog, the mailbox owner needs to grant "folder visible" permission to the root of the mailbox and any other parent folders of the shared folder, as well as appropriate permission -- at least Reviewer -- on the shared folder itself.

The user who needs access then goes into Tools | E-mail Accounts or Tools | Services (depending on the Outlook version), brings up the properties for the Exchange Server service, and on the Advanced tab, adds the mailbox.

For more information on folder permissions, with how-to screen shots, see http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm and http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA011134811033