I've poked around various discussion groups and am still unclear as to the
differences between archive versus backup functions.

While I currently am archiving my Outlook files do I also need to Backup as
well?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

With thanks in advance,

Dbm

archive applies to older messages - moving them to a new folder while backup
makes a copy of your current folders, including all new messages.

IMHO, backup is much more important than archiving.

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"Dbm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've poked around various discussion groups and am still unclear as to the
> differences between archive versus backup functions.
>
> While I currently am archiving my Outlook files do I also need to Backup
> as
> well?
>
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> With thanks in advance,
>
> Dbm
>
>
>
>

I get the impression archiving helps with mail and calender handling speed as
well.

I'll start using the backup feature to my outboard hard drive as well.

Thank you very much for your help.

Dbm


"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

> archive applies to older messages - moving them to a new folder while backup
> makes a copy of your current folders, including all new messages.
>
> IMHO, backup is much more important than archiving.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>
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>
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>
> "Dbm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2529BC68-4DD4-43C7-8510-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've poked around various discussion groups and am still unclear as to the
> > differences between archive versus backup functions.
> >
> > While I currently am archiving my Outlook files do I also need to Backup
> > as
> > well?
> >
> > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > With thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dbm
> >
> >
> >
> >

it does, but only if you have a lot of items in either. A thousand
appointments or email messages is not going to slow outlook down. 5000
might.. 10000 can.

If you use Outlook 2002 or older, archiving helps keep the pst below the 2
GB mark - outlook 2003 with Unicode format pst can grow to unlimited sizes.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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"Dbm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I get the impression archiving helps with mail and calender handling speed
>as
> well.
>
> I'll start using the backup feature to my outboard hard drive as well.
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Dbm
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky" wrote:
>
>> archive applies to older messages - moving them to a new folder while
>> backup
>> makes a copy of your current folders, including all new messages.
>>
>> IMHO, backup is much more important than archiving.
>>
>> --
>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
>> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
>> Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
>> Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
>>
>> Outlook Tips by email:
>> dailytips-subscribe-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
>> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>> Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
>> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-(E-Mail Removed)
>>
>>
>> "Dbm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:2529BC68-4DD4-43C7-8510-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I've poked around various discussion groups and am still unclear as to
>> > the
>> > differences between archive versus backup functions.
>> >
>> > While I currently am archiving my Outlook files do I also need to
>> > Backup
>> > as
>> > well?
>> >
>> > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > With thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Dbm
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >