Archive on received date

[Doug]

Is it possible to change the date that archive uses for emails? I want to
archive based on date received, not date last modified, so that I know
exactly what is in the archive.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No. Use search (advanced find) and move the messages to an archive pst
yourself.

 

[Passionate Dragon]

Leave it to Microsoft do do things a little funny. I have never really
understood the "dates" thing. IMO, the 'creation' date of a file should be
just that, the date the file was 'origianlly' created and should never
change. But that is not the case. Anyway, it would make MORE sense to me to
archive on the received date. If you modify the email, reply, etc, then you
would normally have any info you needed with the NEW date.(sent items for
reply or new send) Besides, if you needed to get to the original, it would
be in the archive folder. Grrrrrrrrrrr. Makes no sense to archive on
modified date to me!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Leave it to Microsoft do do things a little funny. I have never
really understood the "dates" thing. IMO, the 'creation' date of a
file should be just that, the date the file was 'origianlly' created
and should never change. But that is not the case. Anyway, it would
make MORE sense to me to archive on the received date.

I'd be most upset if AutoArchive were to whisk a message I had just
manipulated out from under me because its receive date happens to be older.
Since I had just done something with it, it's much more important to keep it
aroung for a while before archiving it and that;s why the modified date it
used.

If you modify
the email, reply, etc, then you would normally have any info you
needed with the NEW date.(sent items for reply or new send) Besides,
if you needed to get to the original, it would be in the archive
folder. Grrrrrrrrrrr. Makes no sense to archive on modified date to
me!

Because YOU can't see the sense it makes means that NO ONE can?

I will say, though, that it would be nice to be able to select which date
Outlook uses for the comparison.