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Outlook 2002 and Exchange 5.5

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by kuhlio

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I need to be able to have users, while using Outlook 2002 on an Exchange 5.5 (SP4) server, have the ability to search through everyone's mailboxes for messages, replies and the like using the advanced find feature of Outlook. Each user has access to the same public folder in addition to their own mailbox. I suspect it is a permissions issue somewhere either in Outlook, or in Exchange, but am unable to find a solution quickly. Thanks in advance.

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by kuhlio

I forgot to note that we are running Windows NT Server 4.0 with Windows 2000 Pro clients. When logged in on a machine as the domain administrator, we are able to conduct this search of multiple folders the way we would like to be able to as a regular user. Thanks again.

by rabbit_runner

In the Exchange Administrator console, You should be able to open the 'properties' menu for the different containers. From the properties you can find security. Here you can add the users names. Note: you will need to add the users several times. There are different properties for different containers. This will give the users the ability you require. Also note: This will give them administrative permissions, the will have the ability to do more than you require. If someone is knowledgable enough, they can really mess up exchange.

by nixarie

In Outlook, you may also give someone rights at the mailbox level.

In Exchange Admin I would create a distribution list which includes everyone (if you don't already ahve one), and have each user add the distribution list to their mailbox as a Reviewer. That will allow everyone to search while limiting their access to that user's mailbox.

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