How to create a Shared Calendar for a group of users to use

In this guide, we will show you how to create a public folder to share between a group of users rather than sharing out an existing user’s personal calendar to other users.

When assigning permissions to a number of users, it’s recommended to create a ‘Group’ so that you can assign permissions to it rather than to each of the users individually.

To create a group do the following:-

1. In MDaemon go to Accounts -> Groups & Templates;
2. Select ‘Group Manager’ on the left;
3. Click ‘New group’;
4. Add an appropriate name and description of the group and then click ‘OK’ as shown below:-
   
   
5. Making sure, you have the new group highlighted on the right, click ‘Add or remove accounts from the selected group’;
6. Select the users that you want to include in the group and then click ‘OK’ and then ‘OK’ again;

To create and share a new public folder do the following:-

1. In MDaemon, go into Setup -> Public Folder;
2. On the left from the ‘folder tree’, select the parent folder under which your new calendar folder will be created;
3. On the right, click ‘New folder’, give your folder a name eg ‘Dept Calendar’, select ‘Calendar’ as the folder type and then click ‘OK’;
   
   
4. Making sure that you have your new folder selected in the tree on the left, click the ‘Edit ACLs’ button;
5. Click ‘Edit’, then ‘Add’ and then ‘Find Now’;
6. Select the user(s) or group(s) that you’re looking to give access to this calendar and click ‘OK’;
7. Set the permissions as required (typical permissions for a shared folder are Delete, Insert, Lookup Folder, Read and Write);
8. Remember to remove any other unwanted user/group permissions that may have been inherited from the parent folder;
9. Once you’ve configured the required permissions, click ‘OK’ and then ‘Close’ and finally ‘OK’ to close the Public Folder Manager window;

Please note that you may need to close and re-open your email client before the folder becomes accessible within the folder list.