Folder Permissions

You can set permissions for public folders and mailbox folders by assigning a role to any user name in the global address list. You can define custom roles or use the following default roles:

• Owner
• Publishing Editor
• Editor
• Publishing Author
• Author
• Reviewer
• Contributor
• None

These default roles are associated with specific permissions, as shown in the following table.

Permission	OwnerRole	Pub. Editor Role	Editor Role	Pub. Author Role	Author Role	Reviewer Role	Contributor Role	None
Create Items	X	X	X	X	X		X
Read Items	X	X	X	X	X	X
Create Subfolders	X	X		X
Folder Owner	X
Folder Contact	X
Folder Visible	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Edit Items	All	All	All	Own	Own	None	None
Delete Items	All	All	All	Own	Own	None	None

Every folder has a default user that grants permissions to undefined users. Set the default user to None to give only defined users permission to use a public folder or mailbox folder.

The following table provides descriptions of the permissions associated with user roles.

Permission	Description
Create Items	Grants the user permission to post items in the folder.
Read Items	Grants the user permission to open any item in the folder.
Create Subfolder	Grants the user permission to create subfolders in the folder.
Folder Owner	Grants all permissions in the folder.
Folder Contact	Grants the user Folder Contact permission. Folder Contacts receive automated notifications from the folder, such as replication conflict messages and requests from users for additional permissions or other changes in the folder.
Edit Items	None: Prevents the user from editing any item. Own: Grants the user permission to edit the user's own items. All: Grants the user permission to edit any item.
Delete Items	None: Prevents the user from deleting any item. Own: Grants the user permission to delete the user's own items. All: Grants the user permission to delete any item.