Permissions for Drop Box

I am trying to setup a drop box, on the server, for students to put work in so the teacher can read it. I have done this for years with 10.4 server but I do not seem to be able to set it up so students can put work in the drop box now that I have upgraded to Leopard Server. I set the folder up in the group folder and give it write-only permission for the group. When the student puts the document in they get the message about not being able to see the work. They then they also get a series of other messages that read, "You may need to enter the name & password for an administrator on this computer to change the item named __.doc,"I click continue & get, "The item ___.doc contains one or more items you do not have permission to read. Do you want to copy the items you are allowed to read?" & finally, "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items."
So, how do I set up a drop box so that users who authenticate to the server are able to put items in the drop box. I was able to do this in Tiger.
I assume I am missing or forgetting some step. Help!

I suggest posting to the OS X server forum.

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