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by dcho

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Situation: We have Exchange 5.5 and are using the Public folders to share some excel files. Within each folder are separate postings with one excel attachment each. Users will then open up the appropriate posting, edit the file as needed, save and close. All users have edit permissions but no delete permission.

The problem: Although the user has no delete permission, they are still able to remove the excel attachment from the post. The posting will still be there but the attachment is gone.

Has anyone seen this and been able to stop it from happening? Thanks

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by gigelul

Hi
I want tell you something about Excel (generally Office app) and save process:
When you open an Excel file automatically Excel generate a temp file which records all changes made in that editing session. When you save this changes the original file is deleted and replaced with temp file using the same name as the original file name.
I don't know how work this in Exchange-public folder, but I can tell you that in a normal folder on a share this thing is equivalent with resetting the permissions of the file to the parent folder permissions.
Maybe these give you an idea about what happened in your public folder.
Hope this helps

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