Outlook 2003 setting auto archive settings

[louise]

Windows XP, SP3 and Outlook 2003

As I understand it, auto archive settings default to 6
months for the inbox and 3 months for sent folders.

How can I change the default time periods for auto archive?

Thanks

Louise

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To set it universally, use the Tools->Options->Other->Auto-Archive.

To set it on a per-folder basis, right click the folder and select
Options->AutoArchive tab.

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After furious head scratching, louise asked:

| Windows XP, SP3 and Outlook 2003
|
| As I understand it, auto archive settings default to 6
| months for the inbox and 3 months for sent folders.
|
| How can I change the default time periods for auto archive?
|
| Thanks
|
| Louise

 

[louise]

To set it universally, use the Tools->Options->Other->Auto-Archive.

To set it on a per-folder basis, right click the folder and select
Options->AutoArchive tab.

I've done this and set it to archive everything older than 3
months. Nevertheless, I have many emails in my inbox from
February. Oddly enough, my sent items seems to have "obeyed"
the 3 month setting.

I set the folders to follow the auto archive settings and
I set the auto archive settings to clear out everything
older than 3 months and yet, tons of emails in my inbox from
february and march and on.

Do I have something mis-set?

Thanks again.

Louise

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Archiving using the last modified date, not the received date.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

As Diane said, archiving works on the modified date.

Try this - change your folder view to add the Modified column and then sort
on that column. You can then see which items will be subject to your
autoarchive settings.

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After furious head scratching, louise asked:

| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
|| To set it universally, use the Tools->Options->Other->Auto-Archive.
||
|| To set it on a per-folder basis, right click the folder and select
|| Options->AutoArchive tab.
||
|
| I've done this and set it to archive everything older than 3
| months. Nevertheless, I have many emails in my inbox from
| February. Oddly enough, my sent items seems to have "obeyed"
| the 3 month setting.
|
| I set the folders to follow the auto archive settings and
| I set the auto archive settings to clear out everything
| older than 3 months and yet, tons of emails in my inbox from
| february and march and on.
|
| Do I have something mis-set?
|
| Thanks again.
|
| Louise

 

[louise]

As Diane said, archiving works on the modified date.

Try this - change your folder view to add the Modified column and then sort
on that column. You can then see which items will be subject to your
autoarchive settings.

Thanks a lot.

Louise