Permissions Of File Put In A Drop Box?

Hi,
If you put a file in the Drop Box of someone on another Mac, what permissions should that file have? Should the permissions of the file automatically change as they are copied, to include read&write permissions for the owner of the Drop Box they're going into?
I never really thought about this before. Are all files that you share with Macs, by default, read only? That seems really messed up because it means nobody else can edit them, change them, or modify them in any way.

Thanks for your help. It's all very confusing isn't it. Maybe permissions when file sharing are a bit more confusing in Leopard than they were in TIger. Maybe the problems I've encountered are due to a bug with Leopard? Who knows.
I went into Mac Help and read the article on Drop Box. I also read the article "Finding shared file folders". From what I've read:
The *Public folder* is set up with read-only permissions that allow others to see and copy, but not change its content.
The *Drop Box folder* is set up so other people can copy files to it, but can't see its contents.
The *Shared folder* (Macintosh HD > Users > Shared) you can use to share files with other users on your computer. The Shared folder is set up with read/write permissions so that all users can open files in this folder and copy files to it.
For my purposes, sharing files between users on the SAME computer, the Shared folder seems like the thing to use.
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