You can delegate access to your inbox to someone else, letting them read your email.


  • Click the File tab.
  • Share Your Email
  • Click the Account Settings button.
  • Select Delegate Access.
  • The Delegates dialog box appears. You can add users from your Exchange server here to give them access to your inbox.
  • Click Add.
  • The Add Users dialog box appears.

  • Double-click a contact. You can also select contacts from the list and click Add.

  • Click OK.
  • The Delegate Permissions dialog box opens, where you can select what the delegated user will have access to.
  • Choose what the delegated user will have access to.
  • You can give separate permissions for your calendar, tasks list, inbox, contacts, and notes.

Reviewer: Read items and files only, cannot edit or create.

Author: Create and read items and files, and modify and delete items and files they create.

Editor: Create, read, modify, and delete all items and files.

  • Click OK.
  • The user is added to the delegates list.
  • Click OK. The delegated user you selected now has access to your email.