Is it possible to automatically get OE to delete old E-Mails by da
 

I am sure there is a way that Outlook Express 6.0 can delete E-Mails in the
Inbox folder that are over so many days old (I do mean E-Mails and not News
Groups) but I can not seem to find out how to do so. I have E-Mails back as
far as 2004 and silly enougth I thought after a certain period of time these
E-Mails where automatically being deleted from the Inbox until now. I have
lots of different folders for certain people and certain things and I
regulary move E-Mails to the correct folders and I also delete those that are
spam or not wanted. Needless to say E-Mails as far back as 2004 -2005 are
not much needed. I know I can manualy delete thes files but I would much
preffer to get Outlook Express 6.0 to do it for me and set it to do it for
every 6 months say. i.e. any E-Mails it finds from the current date that are
that old it deletes
--
Del Boy 01

Is it possible to automatically get OE to delete old E-Mails by da
 

Tools | Message Rules | News.

Box 1: Where the message was sent more than days ago
Box 2: Delete it & Stop processing more rules
Box 3: Click on "Days" and choose the # of days you want.
Name the rule.

OE won't do this automatically. You will have to open the rule and Apply Now
when you want it done.

AFAIC, it is just as easy to click on the newest messages you want to delete
and hold down the Shift key while you click the oldest message. This will
highlight them all and Delete will remove them.

That said, please read this. If you find messages being deleted by
themselves, it is the beginning of a corrupt folder.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Del Boy 01" wrote in message
...
I am sure there is a way that Outlook Express 6.0 can delete E-Mails in the
Inbox folder that are over so many days old (I do mean E-Mails and not
News
Groups) but I can not seem to find out how to do so. I have E-Mails back
as
far as 2004 and silly enougth I thought after a certain period of time
these
E-Mails where automatically being deleted from the Inbox until now. I
have
lots of different folders for certain people and certain things and I
regulary move E-Mails to the correct folders and I also delete those that
are
spam or not wanted. Needless to say E-Mails as far back as 2004 -2005 are
not much needed. I know I can manualy delete thes files but I would much
preffer to get Outlook Express 6.0 to do it for me and set it to do it for
every 6 months say. i.e. any E-Mails it finds from the current date that
are
that old it deletes
--
Del Boy 01

Is it possible to automatically get OE to delete old E-Mails by da
 

Try using Edit | Find and find by received after and then you can select the
results and move them to another folder or delete them.

steve

"Del Boy 01" wrote in message
...
I am sure there is a way that Outlook Express 6.0 can delete E-Mails in the
Inbox folder that are over so many days old (I do mean E-Mails and not
News
Groups) but I can not seem to find out how to do so. I have E-Mails back
as
far as 2004 and silly enougth I thought after a certain period of time
these
E-Mails where automatically being deleted from the Inbox until now. I
have
lots of different folders for certain people and certain things and I
regulary move E-Mails to the correct folders and I also delete those that
are
spam or not wanted. Needless to say E-Mails as far back as 2004 -2005 are
not much needed. I know I can manualy delete thes files but I would much
preffer to get Outlook Express 6.0 to do it for me and set it to do it for
every 6 months say. i.e. any E-Mails it finds from the current date that
are
that old it deletes
--
Del Boy 01