How to View the Windows 2000 Version of MAPI Permissions

This topic explains how to view the Windows 2000 version of MAPI permissions in Exchange System Manager.

Before You Begin

It is strongly recommended that you do not use this procedure to change MAPI permissions. Use this procedure only to view current permissions.

In Exchange System Manager, right-click the folder whose permissions you want to view, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Permissions tab, and then press and hold the CTRL key and click Client permissions.

The resulting dialog box is shown in the following figure. Note that all of the permissions check boxes are empty.

Windows 2000 Permissions dialog box for a folder in the default Public Folders hierarchy
To see the actual permissions information, click Advanced. The resulting dialog box is shown in the following figure.

Advanced version of the Windows 2000 Permissions dialog box
To view detailed permissions information, click a permissions entry and then click View/Edit. Remember that it is highly unadvisable to edit the permissions in this manner. The following figure shows an example of the detailed Windows 2000 permissions information that you can view.

Detailed view of Windows 2000 permissions