When I try to archive, messages do not transfer.

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In Office 2003 (Standard Student) with service pack 2, in Outlook, when I
select 'Personal Folder' then File>Archive, set an older than date, and click
OK, Outlook then runs, showing across the bottom line the different Archive
folders it is creating. But when I select any of these folders, there are no
messages in them. I see that there is an archive.pst file of 265Kb in the
same folder as the Outlook.pst file which is current. How can I make the
messages transfer to the archive.pst file?
 
Do the messages in your current message store (PST or Exchange mailbox) have
a modification date (not receive date) older than the date you chose in the
archive dialog? Modification date is the one used to select items for
archiving.
 
Thanks for taking this up. As far as I am aware, the at least vast majority
of messages would have the same receipt date as modification date, as I have
not changed them. Where do I check the modification date? Would importing
them into Outlook from Outlook Express change the modification date? I did
that after the archiving date I had set.
 
Importing them would definitely change the modification date. The date would
be set to the date/time of import.
 
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