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AB - 20 Aug 2007 15:40 GMT

I am wanting to store my older email in an "archive" folder. How do I go
about creating one in order to reduce the amount of space used on my inbox?

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Roady [MVP] - 20 Aug 2007 15:45 GMT

File-> New->Outlook Data File...

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>I am wanting to store my older email in an "archive" folder. How do I go
> about creating one in order to reduce the amount of space used on my
> inbox?

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AB - 21 Aug 2007 03:50 GMT

Plain simple and to the point! Awesome thanks!!!

> File-> New->Outlook Data File...
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> >I am wanting to store my older email in an "archive" folder. How do I go
> > about creating one in order to reduce the amount of space used on my
> > inbox?

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Roady [MVP] - 21 Aug 2007 07:22 GMT

You're welcome! :-)

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> Plain simple and to the point! Awesome thanks!!!
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>> > about creating one in order to reduce the amount of space used on my
>> > inbox?

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Brian Tillman - 20 Aug 2007 15:50 GMT

> I am wanting to store my older email in an "archive" folder. How do I
> go about creating one in order to reduce the amount of space used on
> my inbox?

You don't state your Outlook version, but try
Tools>Options>Other>AutoArchive.

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