good point on the rules, never thought of that... i was more looking at the
option, but with your statement, your right in that its not condusive for
what i'm looking to do.

basically i'm looking to write a PST archiving tool which goes based on the
users mailbox size or the age of an e-mail, and when the item meets tose
requirements, it will move them to the archive file which is stored on the
persons network share, and outlook opens the file. once a file reaches a
specific size it creates a new one with the name of the start date.

have i said a mouthfull ...

so basically i'm looking for a way to trigger outlook to process the
migration... is their a hook into the archive process that i can utilize? or
maybe a form thats used for the archive process i can modify?


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Christopher J. Amatulli


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

A rule, by definition, runs when a user receives or sends mail. I see no connection between what you want to do and sending and receiving mail. Why not just write a VBA macro to move items? Or use the built-in archiving feature?
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"Christopher J. Amatulli" wrote in message ...
i was curious if its possible to create a outlook rule that for example can
say:
All e-mails with date now()-90, move to folder archive

if its not possible to create a rule like that, is their a interface
anywhere with vb.net that can update/modify outlook rules?


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Christopher J. Amatulli