DOCUMENT:Q78704  19-OCT-2000  [pcmail]
TITLE   :PC DOS: Group Folder Owner Can Always Use Group Folder
PRODUCT :Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.0b,3.2
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Mail for PC Networks, versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b, 3.2, on platform(s):
    - the operating system: MS-DOS 
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SYMPTOMS
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In version 2.1, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b, or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks the
user who creates a group folder can always view, save, and delete mail items in
a group mail folder, even after the user has been deleted from the postoffice
group with access privileges to the folder.

CAUSE
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This is allowed by the way Microsoft Mail associates the owner of a folder with
a group.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0b,
and 3.2 of Mail for PC Networks. We are researching this problem and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


Additional query words: 2.10 3.00 3.00a 3.00b 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.0b,3.2

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