Net Folders are Outlook folders that
automatically share information from your computer across the
Internet. For example, you can use Net Folders to broadcast messages
to a group of people in much the same way as an e-mail list server
does, or you can share Outlook items such as calendars or contacts
from your computer to any other user of Outlook anywhere.
When you share a folder by using Net
Folders, a copy of the shared folder appears in the Outlook Folder
List of everyone who subscribes to the folder. For example, if you
share a folder called Portugal on your computer, everyone who
subscribes to that folder will have a Portugal folder added to their
Folder List. Any item you put in the Portugal folder on your computer
is automatically sent to the Portugal folder of all of the
subscribers. If you modify an item in the Portugal folder, the changed
item is updated for all of the subscribers.
The owner of the Net Folder assigns a
permission level to each subscriber that determines how they can work
with items in the Net Folder. For example, the editor permission level
allows a subscriber to add new items or change existing items in a Net
Folder. Items changed by subscribers are updated in the original
folder and in all subscriber folders. For more information about
permissions, see below.
Net Folders can be used to share
messages, calendars, tasks, or contacts. You can also share journals
or notes. You can share e-mail messages with subscribers who do not
use Outlook, but they receive these items in their Inbox, and
subscriber folders are not created. Outlook items other than e-mail
messages, such as Calendar items or contacts, are not usable by other
e-mail programs.
