Outlook does not archive according to settings

[Guest]

I have Outlook set to auto-archive emails that are older than 6 months. When
Outlook archives, nothing happens. Emails that are two years old stay in
folders like Deleted Items and Sent Items.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

The auto archive engine looks at the following properties to determine
eligibility.

1) Sent Date
2) Received Date
3) Last Modified Date
4) Do not archive option set on individual item

Any date that is blank, will be treated as 1/1/4501 and never be eligible.
Blank dates generally occour due to an import from Outlook Express.

To see if an item has the "do not archive" option set, just open the
individual message and then select File > properties.

With that said, could any of the above be the cause as to why an item isn't
archiving?

 

[Guest]

I have Outlook set to auto-archive emails that are older than 6 months.
When
Outlook archives, nothing happens. Emails that are two years old stay
in
folders like Deleted Items and Sent Items.

Archiving is based on the *modified* date, not the calendar date
(Received Date) normally displayed. You can add the Modified Date
column to the display. Moving an item to a different folder changes the
modified date, as does exercising a rule against it that moves the item
or otherwise affects it. If today, for example, you moved all your
6-month old e-mails (per their calendar date) into a different folder
then it would 6 months from today when those items get archived.

In Outlook's own help, search on "archive date" to see which date is
used when archiving different types of items. Also read
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=295657. The item gets archived
measured from when you last modified that item (viewing an item does not
change the modified date).

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. I imported emails from Yahoo just a couple of months
ago. The modified date is in January, so now I know it will take six months
for those to be auto archived.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. I imported emails from Yahoo just a couple of
months
ago. The modified date is in January, so now I know it will take six
months
for those to be auto archived.

You could always run a manual archive to create the target .pst file,
use File -> Open to open the archive .pst file, and then drag over the
items from your current message store into whatever folders you want
them in for the archive message store.