OL97: Message Modification Date Determines Archive Date (161808)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 97
This article was previously published under Q161808

SUMMARY

When you archive a Mail message folder, Microsoft Outlook 97 determines the message age from the Sent date/time, the Received date/time, or from the message's Modified date/time, whichever is later.

MORE INFORMATION

The following actions will change the message's Modified date/time:
  • Forwarding
  • Replying
  • Replying to All
  • Editing and Saving
  • Moving or Copying
Copying or moving the message to another message folder does not always change the modification date/time. If the destination folder of the copy or move action is a Personal Folders file (.pst), the modification date/time does not change. If the destination folder of the copy or move action is an Exchange Server Mailbox or an Offline Folders file (.ost), the modification date/time does change.

To determine the latest modification date/time of a Mail message, follow these steps:
  1. On the View menu, click Show Fields.
  2. In the "Select available fields from" list, click "All Mail fields."
  3. Under Available Fields, click Modified, and then click Add to place the Modified field in the "Show these fields in this order" list.
  4. Click Move Up or the Move Down to position the Modified field and click OK.
The modified date/time for each message now appears in the Messages view.

REFERENCES

For more information about archiving, type "archive date" in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Date used to archive items."
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/13/2001
Keywords:kbhowto KB161808
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