diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2f419ec4a..498a00c18 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 	(_fetchPersonalFolders:withChannel:): we no longer check access
 	rights from here as this method is too low level and prevent other
 	mechanisms from working properly.
-	(-lookupName:inContext:acquire:): we now check the "AccessObject"
-	right from here before returning the found object. We also make
-	use of the new "ignoreRights" method (see below) to that end.
+	(-lookupPersonalFolder:ignoringRights:): new method enabling the
+	lookup of a user's personal folders only and offering the choice
+	of respecting (or not) the active user's permission before
+	returning it.
+	(-lookupName:inContext:acquire:): we now make use of the above
+	method when looking up personal folders ("personal" or not).
 	(-toManyRelationShipKeys): same as lookupName... above.
 
 	* SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoObject.m (-ignoreRights): new utility method
diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoParentFolder.m b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoParentFolder.m
index e9ceb93aa..52982439a 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoParentFolder.m
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoParentFolder.m
@@ -392,23 +392,8 @@ static SoSecurityManager *sm = nil;
   obj = [super lookupName: name inContext: lookupContext acquire: NO];
   if (!obj)
     {
-      // Lookup in personal folders
-      error = [self initSubFolders];
-      if (error)
-	{
-	  [self errorWithFormat: @"a database error occured: %@", [error reason]];
-	  obj = [NSException exceptionWithHTTPStatus: 503];
-	}
-      else
-        {
-          obj = [subFolders objectForKey: name];
-          if (obj && ![self ignoreRights]
-              && [sm validatePermission: SOGoPerm_AccessObject
-                               onObject: obj
-                              inContext: context])
-            obj = nil;
-        }
-
+      obj = [self lookupPersonalFolder: name
+                        ignoringRights: NO];
       if (!obj)
 	{
 	  // Lookup in subscribed folders
@@ -426,6 +411,31 @@ static SoSecurityManager *sm = nil;
   return obj;
 }
 
+- (id) lookupPersonalFolder: (NSString *) name
+             ignoringRights: (BOOL) ignoreRights
+{
+  NSException *error;
+  id obj;
+
+  error = [self initSubFolders];
+  if (error)
+    {
+      [self errorWithFormat: @"a database error occured: %@", [error reason]];
+      obj = [NSException exceptionWithHTTPStatus: 503];
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      obj = [subFolders objectForKey: name];
+      if (obj && !ignoreRights && ![self ignoreRights]
+          && [sm validatePermission: SOGoPerm_AccessObject
+                           onObject: obj
+                          inContext: context])
+        obj = nil;
+    }
+
+  return obj;
+}
+
 - (NSArray *) subFolders
 {
   NSMutableArray *ma;