Archive folder failure

[Keith-in-Indy]

Hey all,
I need help with folder archiving. All my settings are correct. The
archival folders are created, Outlook looks like it archives with no errors
but none of my mail is moved or copied.

I've cut and pasted a previous topic (Subject: Outlook 2003: autoarchving
subfolders? 5/3/2005 8:41 AM PST ) below. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.
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Subject: Re: Outlook 2003: autoarchving subfolders? 7/26/2005 12:06 PM PST

By: Keith-in-Indy In: microsoft.public.outlook.installation


Jason (& all), I have this same issue. I saw a tech note on the Kbase about
the mailbox exceeding it's size limits so I moved some of the emails manually
to the archive folders to decrease the size.

After another 'archive' process none of my emails have been moved or copied.
The process appears to be working without error (according to the activity
info at the bottom right). Just no results. Our LAN Admin wants me to just
move files manually and work from the archive folders. This is not an
acceptable option when the software is not performing per specs.

Any solutions?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I need help with folder archiving. All my settings are correct. The
archival folders are created, Outlook looks like it archives with no
errors but none of my mail is moved or copied.

Archiving usually uses the modified date if the item, which is typically not
displayed. If you access an item in certain ways, that modified date is
changed to the date/time of the access and so makes the item new, preventing
it from being archived, since you accessed it more recently than the archive
date you've set.

 

[Keith-in-Indy]

That doesn't explain why nothing archives. My settings are for 3 months
back. I have email almost a year old that hasn't been accessed.

 

[Brian Tillman]

That doesn't explain why nothing archives. My settings are for 3
months back. I have email almost a year old that hasn't been
accessed.

Put the Modified Date on the header with Field Chooser and check that
against the archive date.

 

[Keith-in-Indy]

Brian, tried that, still not working. Would there be a 'rights' issue with
Outlook archiving automatically to my network home directory?
TIA, Keith

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian, tried that, still not working. Would there be a 'rights'
issue with Outlook archiving automatically to my network home
directory?

If you can open the PST at all and see anything in it, there can't be any
rights issues.

 

[Keith-in-Indy]

Just a thought. Right now, I'm just manually moving emails over to the
archive folder. slllooooowwww and teeediooousss