I don't know why Microsoft chose to use the modified date exclusively -- it
would be nice if the user could choose which date to use as the criteria for
archiving, but it is not so at this point. (You can always suggest they do
so -- write to (e-mail address removed) with Outlook in the subject line. They
do read these suggestions and the more people asking for a feature or a
change, the more likely it is to be considered.)
One thing I noticed in your most recent reply below, though -- in the first
paragraph you said you wanted to "back up" your IMAP messages, and then
after that you resume using the term "archive". You do realize that
archiving moves the messages rather than copying them, right? So it's not
really the same as a backup? (You probably do realize that, and I'm not
trying to patronize you -- I'm just making sure we're talking about the same
thing here.) Seems that many folks wait a while to archive stuff, because
they may still need to refer to the items in the next few weeks or months,
and it's easier to get to them if they're still in the main file. Once they
haven't looked at them or altered them in a certain amount of time, they
assume they aren't going to need them anytime soon and so the AutoArchive
function is set to either move the items to a separate file for safekeeping
or delete them altogether. Since the items are moved, and presumably there
is only one copy of each item in existence, they cannot be considered
"backed up".
Anyway, back on topic...as a workaround for what you want to do, you can
open your archive file (File | Open | Outlook Data File) and manually drag
the items to it...not elegant, but perhaps better than keeping the messages
in your main file for longer than you wish to.
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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook
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