Share E-mail Folders
By Sharing E-mail Folders you allow your colleagues access to your e-mail folders, either for viewing or for modifying.
- Go to
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- Log in using your full e-mail address ( user@domain.com ) and current password.
- Click on the Folders icon
- Click on Edit icon (pencil) next to the folder you wish to share
- Click on the New Share button
- Select the user you wish to give permission to and the permissions users will have
- Click on the Share button
By default, your own account has full permissions on the folder you are editing. Make sure not to erase your own permissions or you will lose access to that folder
You can allow very granular control to each user by controlling the following permissions:
L |
Mailbox is visible in mailbox list. Mailbox can be subscribed to |
R |
Mailbox can be opened for reading |
W |
Message flags and keywords can be changed, except \Seen and \Deleted |
S |
\Seen flag can be changed |
T |
\Deleted flag can be changed |
I |
Messages can be written or copied to the mailbox |
E |
Messages can be expunged ( removed ) |
Common Permissions
In order to give someone Read-Only permissions to your folder, you will grant L + R rights only
In order to give someone Read/Write permissions to your folder, you will grant L + R + I
In order to give someone Read/Write/Erase permissions to your folder, you will grant L + R + I + E
For Full Access, simply give out all the permissions: L + R + W + S + T + I + E
Updating permissions on a folder
- Go to
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- Log in using your full e-mail address ( user@domain.com ) and current password.
- Click on Folders icon
- Click on the Edit icon (pencil) to the folder you wish to share
- Find the user you wish to update the permissions for
- Update his permissions by placing the appropriate check marks
- Click on the Update
Removing permission on a folder
- Go to
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- Log in using your full e-mail address ( user@domain.com ) and current password.
- Click on the Folders icon
- Click on the Edit icon (pencil) next to the folder you wish to edit shares
- Click on the "-" icon (minus sign) next to the user you wish to remove the permissions for