Autoarchive

[Zekamaboy]

(I thought I sent this last week, but can't find a trace of it. I hope I'm
not being repetitive)

The Outlook 2003 autoarchive run frequency setting appears to be ignored.

My expectation is that if I set the 'Run Autoarchive every' to say 10 days,
that the archive.pst file will be modified (or at least be a candidate to be
modified) every 10th day. However, the Date Modified attribute for archive
..pst changes much more frequently than this, perhaps each time Outlook start
s up.

This is interfering with my backup strategy (which I do with a proprietary p
ackage). The archive.pst file (via the 'File is ready for archiving' flag??)
becomes a candidate for backup more frequently than I wish.

Does anyone have a comment?

 

[Pat Willener]

Actually your last week's post was this
"On the Autoarchive dialog box, if the 'Delete expired items (email
folders only)' box is checked, what is the effect?

"Does this prevent the the corresponding subfolders in the Archive
Folders list from growing in size ad infinitum?"

To which Diane Poremsky responded
"if items have an expiration date set (many do not) they will be deleted
when they expire. It only works on folders that are being archived, not
items already archived. if your company uses expiration dates, then
don't archive the messages."

 

[Zekamaboy]

Pat, today's question (which I thought might be duplicated) about autoarchive
run frequency is a new one, to which I'd welcome feedback.

I'm satisfied with Diane's answer to last week's one - perhaps I didn't
close it off properly?

Regards, Zekemaboy

 

[Pat Willener]

Zekemaboy, you mentioned that you had posted the question last week, so
I was just looking for what you have posted last week. No Problem.

If your archive.pst file is visible when Outlook is open, then - yes -
Outlook will open it and modify its date.

 

[Zekamaboy]

Pat, I don't do anything to hide the archive.pst file, it just sits in the
folder location that I specified in the Autoarchive panel ('Move old items
to'). Why would Outlook open it and modify its date at any time other than
during a periodic autorchive run?

 

[Zekamaboy]

Hi Pat or other mentor

1. Any advance on my question below?
2. Do you have a comment on another lonesome Autoarchive post that I issued
on 10/2/2006?

With the growing silence, I don't know whether, in Steinbeck's terminology,
my questions are stupid or profound.