APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FOLDER CHAT ROOM AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING THE SAME

An apparatus for providing a folder chat room includes: a memory; and a processor electrically connected to the memory, wherein the processor receives a request for access to a folder from a user terminal, provides a list of files in the folder, and determines the user terminal's right to access a folder chat room and provides at least part of a message thread that is associated with the folder and rendered as a folder chat room on the user terminal.