Public Folder used for a group task list

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Terry Cheever - 14 Nov 2006 15:42 GMT

Using E2k3 sp2 and outlook 2k3.
A user wants to be able to assign tasks to others from a public folder task
list, but it isn't working. Saw a technet note on outlook 2002 that had a
couple sentences in it which read "In particular, tasks behave differently
depending on whether they are stored in a public folder or a personal folder.
In a public folder, tasks cannot be assigned to another person."
Does outlook 2k3 operate differently and can the tasks be made to work from
a public folder?

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Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook) - 28 Nov 2006 11:21 GMT

What my clients do is make a Shared Mailbox rather than a Public Folder and
use the Tasks folder in it to Assign Tasks to team members. It then enables
the team to see who is doing which Tasks for a specific project.

I hope this helps you at least a little bit!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au

"I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." (Woodrow
Wilson)

> Using E2k3 sp2 and outlook 2k3.
> A user wants to be able to assign tasks to others from a public folder
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> from
> a public folder?

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rtedesco - 12 Feb 2007 01:10 GMT

How do you make a shared mailbox?

> What my clients do is make a Shared Mailbox rather than a Public Folder and
> use the Tasks folder in it to Assign Tasks to team members. It then enables
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> > from
> > a public folder?

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