XADM: Cannot Set Contributor or Author Permissions on Public Folders

In Exchange 2000 Server, users who have only contributor rights to a public folder cannot perform a drag-and-drop operation to move items to that public folder.

In Exchange Server 5.5, users who have at least contributor rights to a public folder can perform a drag-and-drop operation to move an item from the desktop to that public folder. The only other requirement is that the focus in Microsoft Outlook must be on a folder to which the user has at least reviewer rights. If you attempt to perform the same procedure in Exchange 2000, you may receive the following error message:

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Information Store

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 1.