Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

Chapter 41: Integrating Exchange Server 2003 with SharePoint Products and Technologies 1097
Summary
Once e-mail-enabled document libraries have been enabled at the virtual
server level, any SharePoint Portal Server administrator or any user with the Manage
Lists Permissions right can link a document library with a public folder. To set up the
link, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the document library.
2. In the Actions list, click Modify settings and columns.
3. On the Customize document library name page, in the General Settings section,
click Change advanced settings.
4. On the Document Library Advanced Settings (shown in Figure 41-6): Library
name page, in the E-Mail Settings section, in the Public folder address box,
type the path to the Exchange public folder you want to link to, such as http:
//servername/public/myfolder/mysubfolder.
5. Click OK.
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Figure 41-6 Configure an e-mail-enabled document library with a link to an Exchange public
folder
With e-mail-enabled public folders, users can add documents to a SharePoint list as
easily as they can send an e-mail message. At the same time, various Web Parts make
it possible to view Exchange server folders in My Site or any other Web Part Page.