When I try to archive, messages do not transfer.

[Guest]

In Office 2003 (Standard Student) with service pack 2, in Outlook, when I
select 'Personal Folder' then File>Archive, set an older than date, and click
OK, Outlook then runs, showing across the bottom line the different Archive
folders it is creating. But when I select any of these folders, there are no
messages in them. I see that there is an archive.pst file of 265Kb in the
same folder as the Outlook.pst file which is current. How can I make the
messages transfer to the archive.pst file?

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Do the messages in your current message store (PST or Exchange mailbox) have
a modification date (not receive date) older than the date you chose in the
archive dialog? Modification date is the one used to select items for
archiving.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for taking this up. As far as I am aware, the at least vast majority
of messages would have the same receipt date as modification date, as I have
not changed them. Where do I check the modification date? Would importing
them into Outlook from Outlook Express change the modification date? I did
that after the archiving date I had set.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

Importing them would definitely change the modification date. The date would
be set to the date/time of import.