Public Folders Exposed as Web Folders

Exchange automatically creates a URL for each item in the information store. This means users can access public folders, messages, and attachments from any Web client.

When a folder, a message, or an attachment is created in the database, a relative URL is dynamically generated. URLs for resources in existing Exchange databases are created when Microsoft Web Web Storage System is upgraded.

• Folder URLs take the following form: http://servername/public/foldername
• Mailbox URLs take the following form: http://hostname/maildirectory/userid/, in which hostname is the host name you assign to the HTTP virtual server, maildirectory is the name you assign the virtual server's mail directory, and userid is the user's alias.
• Message URLs are created based on the Subject line of the mail message. Users must type in http://hostname/maildirectory/userid/document.doc.

Note   URL paths to items in the information store are not case-sensitive; for example, if a message in a folder is entitled MyCompany Announcement, the URL is http://myserver/user_name/inbox/mycompany announcement.