Missing emails?

[Obialor]

My email folders NOW hold emails of not more than a month old. I did not set
this. I have done everything via View Menu to get back to the original mode
where I can see all the emails in the folder without success. Example, I use
my Sent Email folder to track unreplied mails. If I want to check for a
certain email dated September or earlier, I cannot find it NOW. Where are
these emails?
I will appreciate some help.

Obi

 

[Mary]

Recheck your Archive settings for the folder. And you should use a different
folder for unreplied to emails. Make your own folder for just those and flag
the emails for follow up. The Sent folder is a special Outlook folder and
should not be used for storage.

 

[Obialor]

Thank you. But how do I find the old emails. It is not just the Sent folder
but every folder now keeps emails of just about one month or a certain number
of emails. I did not make the changes. Is there anyway to reset to the
former setting. I do not mind if it slows down my system but it is
convenient for me. I depend on Outlook to manage about email clients.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Sounds you have AutoArchive enabled. To turn off AutoArchive go to;
Tools-> Options-> tab Other-> button AutoArchive...

To connect to your archive use;
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...



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[Obialor]

Thank you Roady for the help. I have turned off the Autoarchive. What
could be the possible disavantage of turning it off?

Obi

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That depends on the mail account that you use and the version of Outlook. In
general there is no direct disadvantage but only the advantage that
everything is in a single mailbox store. WFIW; I have AutoArchive disabled
as well.