Collaboration, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing. Many of the tools you have on your computer can help with that process. Here I will show you how to share a GroupWise folder with a co-worker so that both of you can use the e-mails (and, if you know how, the files) that you store there. This can be very useful for those of you working on program reviews, team teaching, or doing research for committee work.

Overview: The general process is that you must set up a new folder in GroupWise and then share it. The person you share it with will get a notification of the share and will accept that notification. Once the process is complete, all parties with whom the folder has been shared will see it in their GroupWise cabinet and can use it just as they do any other folder.

Step by step process:

1. RIGHT click ON the folder you wish to share and choose Sharing ... from the shortcut menu. This will display the properties dialog box for that folder. The Sharing tab will be active within the properties dialog box.
2. Click on the Shared with radio button. This will activate the area of the dialog box where you can pick who you want to share the folder with.
3. Begin typing the person's last name (or click the book button next to the Name field to browse for the person you wish to share the folder with). When complete, this step will display the person on the share list with a pending status.
4. Choose the level of access you want the person to have. Add means that they can see the contents of the folder and add e-mails to it. Edit means that they can reply to e-mails and edit files. Delete means that they can remove e-mails and files from the folder.
5. Click OK on the folder Properties dialog box. This displays the Shared Folder Notification. 6. The Shared Folder Notification lets you type the subject and message for the email that will be sent to the "sharees".