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Mary
I find it difficult to get the hang of all this exporting and archiving
business. However, I do archive my work e-mails periodically, after first
deleting all attachments. Tonight I decided to see how easy it would be to
retrieve some old e-mail items. In Outlook, I selected File/Open and
navigated to the file Archive.pst. This created a Folder in Outlook called
"Archived Folder" with the subfolders Inbox and Sent Items. Everything looks
OK. But I have a few questions about this archive folder I now see.
This additional folder (and subfolders) are now visible in Outlook with a
large bunch of old e-mails. How can I close it? I've tried closing and
repopening Outlook but it's still there. I'm guessing having the archive
file open is not a good thing -- it's about 70MB so it would slow Outlook
down, right?
If I delete e-mails from, or add e-mails to these Archive folder by dragging
and dropping from my Inbox, does the underlying Archive.pst change or just
the visible display in Outlook?
At the moment I have just a single archive file for work e-mails going back
two years. Is it feasible to create a new archive file every few months, or
are there any disadvantages to that? Could I also split the contents of the
existing file into two separate files by year?
I'm using Outlook 2000 on Windows XP.
Thanks.
business. However, I do archive my work e-mails periodically, after first
deleting all attachments. Tonight I decided to see how easy it would be to
retrieve some old e-mail items. In Outlook, I selected File/Open and
navigated to the file Archive.pst. This created a Folder in Outlook called
"Archived Folder" with the subfolders Inbox and Sent Items. Everything looks
OK. But I have a few questions about this archive folder I now see.
This additional folder (and subfolders) are now visible in Outlook with a
large bunch of old e-mails. How can I close it? I've tried closing and
repopening Outlook but it's still there. I'm guessing having the archive
file open is not a good thing -- it's about 70MB so it would slow Outlook
down, right?
If I delete e-mails from, or add e-mails to these Archive folder by dragging
and dropping from my Inbox, does the underlying Archive.pst change or just
the visible display in Outlook?
At the moment I have just a single archive file for work e-mails going back
two years. Is it feasible to create a new archive file every few months, or
are there any disadvantages to that? Could I also split the contents of the
existing file into two separate files by year?
I'm using Outlook 2000 on Windows XP.
Thanks.