Auto-archive is supposed to MOVE old items to Archive folders, rather it only
seems to COPY them to the Archive folders. Consequently, my mailbox size is
not being reduced. Do I have to manually delete old items after they have
been archived?

"Sleepy in Seattle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Auto-archive is supposed to MOVE old items to Archive folders, rather it
> only
> seems to COPY them to the Archive folders. Consequently, my mailbox size
> is
> not being reduced. Do I have to manually delete old items after they have
> been archived?

Are you compacting the pst file after archiving?

"Sleepy in Seattle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Auto-archive is supposed to MOVE old items to Archive folders, rather it
> only
> seems to COPY them to the Archive folders. Consequently, my mailbox size is
> not being reduced. Do I have to manually delete old items after they have
> been archived?

AutoArchive does move old items from the source data store to the archive PST.
State your exact AutoArchive settings. State your Outlook version and data
store type.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Yes.

"Gordon" wrote:

>
> "Sleepy in Seattle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:633A79F9-2A6A-46BF-8C8E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Auto-archive is supposed to MOVE old items to Archive folders, rather it
> > only
> > seems to COPY them to the Archive folders. Consequently, my mailbox size
> > is
> > not being reduced. Do I have to manually delete old items after they have
> > been archived?
>
> Are you compacting the pst file after archiving?
>
>

Outlook 2002 SP3

The following settings were checked:

Run Auto-archive every 1 days
Delete expired items
Archive or delete old items
Show archive folder in folder list
Clean out items older than 3 months
Move old items to: C:\Documents and Settings\Guy\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst

Personal folders store file: Outlook.pst

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Sleepy in Seattle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:633A79F9-2A6A-46BF-8C8E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Auto-archive is supposed to MOVE old items to Archive folders, rather it
> > only
> > seems to COPY them to the Archive folders. Consequently, my mailbox size is
> > not being reduced. Do I have to manually delete old items after they have
> > been archived?
>
> AutoArchive does move old items from the source data store to the archive PST.
> State your exact AutoArchive settings. State your Outlook version and data
> store type.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Sleepy in Seattle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:9FF581B3-60DF-42D9-9704-(E-Mail Removed)...

> Outlook 2002 SP3
>
> The following settings were checked:
>
> Run Auto-archive every 1 days
> Delete expired items
> Archive or delete old items
> Show archive folder in folder list
> Clean out items older than 3 months
> Move old items to: C:\Documents and Settings\Guy\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook\archive.pst
>
> Personal folders store file: Outlook.pst

When you look in archive.pst and examine the items there, are you saying that
those exact same items remain in Outlook.pst? If so, I can't explain it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]