Exchange Server: Public Folder Email Forwarding Issue

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When you have a mail enabled public folder in your exchange server 2007/2010 environment, you might face issues with email forwarding from the public folder from your user account, where you will get an error "Operation failed".

Resolution :

  1. Logon to outlook with administrator(Domain) credential.
  2. Goto the Public folder.
  3. Select the folder where you are facing the issue.
  4. Right-click the folder. 
  5. Click Properties.
  6. Go to the Permissions tab.
  7. Click Add to add users.
  8. Check the appropriate rights on the "Write" permission area... normally "Edit all" will do the work.
  9. Click Apply and click OK.

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