But normal users shouldn't normally be able to delete public folders, should they? Unless you mean folders of *theirs* that they have shared.
Public Folders should be managed only by designated admins, no?
In our environment "public" refers to our in-house staff. They create a "public" folder for each project they work on so all team members can see all the mail related to the project. It works best as a collaborative effort. I don't really want them to have to come to me to request creation or deletion of a folder.
The most common reason to delete a folder is that someone tries to make one with a period in its name, and you know what happens then.
Right - so it just boils down to how you define 'Public' - and you confirmed that these were not actually 'public' folders as *I* would define them, but folders that individuals had shared.
I would describe Public Folders as folders that were created and adminstered by the sys admin(s), for use by people in the company. Certainly, allow them deletion in down-level folders if desired, but they shouldn't be able to delete the parent shares.
So we are on the same page most likely... :)