To access a shared folder that isn't one of the folders listed on the File | Open | Other User's Folder dialog, the mailbox owner needs to grant "folder visible" permission to the root of the mailbox and any other parent folders of the shared folder, as well as appropriate permission -- at least Reviewer -- on the shared folder itself.

The user who needs access then goes into Tools | E-mail Accounts or Tools | Services (depending on the Outlook version), brings up the properties for the Exchange Server service, and on the Advanced tab, adds the mailbox.

For more information on folder permissions, with how-to screen shots, see http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm and http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...HA011134811033

Improving task managing is a major goal for Outlook "12." Visit http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/ to see what's coming.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"rick.olson" wrote in message oups.com...
I would have to agree that the task list in outlook seems to be the
lacking in a few areas that would otherwise make it a great tool.

The one problem I tend to have with tasks is (and perhaps this is
because I haven't figured it out yet) that other users aren't able to
view my various task folders. I too like to have multiple folders
dedicated to the various "large-scale" projects that I need to do. If
a user tries to connect to my tasks, they are presented only with the
default folder, not any of my subfolders.

I'm also not able (or not knowing how) to synchronize task sub-folders
onto my PocketPC using the standard ActiveSync software.

I'm not in the corner of "MS is inferior", as I love their software,
but I think in the next major update to Office they could improve on
the functionality of tasks a little more.