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"Accepting Shared Folders" on page 50
"Posting an Item to a Shared Folder" on page 50
"Viewing Discussion Threads in a Shared Folder" on page 50
"Deleting a Shared Folder" on page 51
Understanding Shared Folders
A shared folder is like any other folder in your Cabinet, except other people have access to it and it
appears in their Cabinets. You can create shared folders or share existing personal folders in your
Cabinet. You choose whom to share the folder with, and what rights to grant each user. Then, users
can post messages to the shared folder, drag existing items into the folder, and create discussion
threads. You can't share system folders, which include the Calendar, Documents, Mailbox, Sent
Items, Tasklist, Contacts, Cabinet, Work In Progress, Junk Mail Handling, and Trash folders.
If you place a document in a shared folder, people with rights to the shared folder don't
automatically have rights to edit the document. Before they can edit the document, you must give
them Edit rights on the Document Sharing tab.
You can share personal folders with other users. Recipients of the shared folder receive a
notification explaining that you have shared the folder with them. They can then accept the folder or
decline the folder.
Sharing an Existing Folder with Other Users
1 Linux: Right-click the folder you want to share.
Mac: Control+click the folder you want to share.
2 Click Sharing.
3 Click Shared with.
4 In the Name field, start typing the name of a user, or click the Address Book button to select the
user from the Address Selector dialog box.
5 When the user's name appears in the field, click Add User to move the user into the Share list.
6 Click the user's name in the Share list.
7 Select the access options you want for the user.
8 Repeat Step 4 through
9 Click OK.
If you want the folder to have a specific function, you can create a new display setting. For example,
if the folder is for shared discussions, you should create a setting that views items by reply thread
and contains both sent and received items. For more information on customizing the display of a
shared folder, see Section 2.3.5, "Customizing Folder Display Settings," on page
Creating and Sharing a New Folder
1 Click File > New > Folder and put the folder where you want it in the Folder List.
2 Name the folder.
3 Linux: Right-click the new folder.
Mac: Control+click the new folder.
Step 7 for each user you want to share the folder with.
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