Auto delete from junk folder after x days

[Kenny]

Is there a way to set up a rule to delete files from the junk folder after
they are a few days old in Outlook 2003? It gets old deleting a couple
hundred a day and I don't feel brave enough to just set the rules to
permanently delete with out having the option to check them.

Thanks,
Kenny

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

You should be able to set up AutoArchive on the folder to handle this.
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[Kenny]

I set up autoarchive for just the junk folder to permenately delete messages
older than 3 days. So far nothing has happened and there are messages over a
week old. I even changed the default autoarchive frequency to every day
thinking that the one I set for the junk folder would only run when the
default one did, but still nothing happened. Am I missing something? Is
there a way to turn autoarchive on/off somewhere that I missed?

Thanks for your response,
Kenny

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Tools | Options | Other | AutoArchive. Setting the properties on the folder
is just one step. You also have to set the overall autoarchive interval.

 

[Kenny]

I already have "Run autoarchive every 2 days " checked
along with "Archive or delete older items", "Show archive folder in folder
list" and "Move old items to c:\Documents and Settings.....".
I'm not sure if I ever hit the "apply these settings to all folders now"
button, so I just hit it now.

Is there still something I'm missing, and will the "remove items older than
3 days" rule in the Junk folder only run when the default autoarchive
frequency runs it?

Thanks,
Kenny

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Exactly.

will the "remove items older than
3 days" rule in the Junk folder only run when the default autoarchive
frequency runs it?