Modifying an item on the header line of the message

[Ken W]

How do I change the "modified date" of the header line? I don't know where I
should go to do this.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Care to elaborate a bit more? We don't know where you are looking, which
version of Outlook you are using or what you are trying to achieve with this
so it will be very hard to give you a specific answer.

 

[Ken W]

I have a larger issue that I was trying to resolve. I posted that issue to
one of these newsgroups in 11/07, but I haven't followed up on it until now.

My original question was: I have auto archive set to archive a message after
six months. It runs every 2 weeks. However, I have a gap in my e-mails
between 7/07 and 10/18/04. Those items from 2004 and earlier never go away.
What should I do?

Brian Tillman's response was: Add the modified date to the header line and
see if that value for the items that don't archive is more recent than the
archive setting.

Thus, my question concerned how to carry out his recommendation. However,
if you know a better way of accomplishing my original question, I'm all ears!

Thanks,
Ken

 

[Ken W]

I forgot, I'm using Outlook 2007..

I have a larger issue that I was trying to resolve. I posted that issue to
one of these newsgroups in 11/07, but I haven't followed up on it until now.

My original question was: I have auto archive set to archive a message after
six months. It runs every 2 weeks. However, I have a gap in my e-mails
between 7/07 and 10/18/04. Those items from 2004 and earlier never go away.
What should I do?

Brian Tillman's response was: Add the modified date to the header line and
see if that value for the items that don't archive is more recent than the
archive setting.

Thus, my question concerned how to carry out his recommendation. However,
if you know a better way of accomplishing my original question, I'm all ears!

Thanks,
Ken

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian Tillman's response was: Add the modified date to the header line and
see if that value for the items that don't archive is more recent than the
archive setting.

Thus, my question concerned how to carry out his recommendation. However,
if you know a better way of accomplishing my original question, I'm all
ears!

Add the Modified column to the header line (right-click the header, click
Field Chooser, set the drop-down to "Date/Time fields", and drag Modified to
a position on the header line). Chances are you'll see that the items that
aren't being archived have been modified more recently that your archive
interval.

 

[Ken W]

Sorry I'm so dense, but click on the header where?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry I'm so dense, but click on the header where?

Do you have the Reading Pane enabled? If so, is it on the right or on the
bottom? If on the right, click View>Reading Pane>Bottom. The "header" to
which I refer is the horizontal area above the listing of messages in the
mail folder containing the words "From", "Subject", and "Received". If the
Reading Pane is Off or Bottom, you'll be able to use Field Chooser to add
the Modified column to that header.

 

[Ken W]

They all have "none" in the modified date/time field. How do I fix it?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

They all have "none" in the modified date/time field. How do I fix it?

They have "None" or is the date empty? In any event, if there is no
modified date, then it uses the later of Sent or Received. See this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295657

 

[Ken W]

Thank you, that does it!

They have "None" or is the date empty? In any event, if there is no
modified date, then it uses the later of Sent or Received. See this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295657