Windows search "reports" items in both an Exchange Outbox and in the sent items
I am assisting a user that has an odd issue. When they use windows search to look for items, the results will come back and it will show a duplicate item in both the outbox and the sent items. It is interesting too that when you go to Outlook 2010, there is no items in the Outbox. This doesn't happen for every email, but just a few. (I don't want to put bias on the question, but it seems as though Windows search indexes the Outbox for that brief time when the message is prepped for sending, then again when it is in the sent items.
Another interesting clue: The folder that shows in the Windows search results are odd the Sent items is listed as "Sent Items (Mailbox - Lastname, Firstname, M)" the outbox is listed as "(mailbox - lastname, firstname, m) the difference being that the sent items all words are capitalized and in the outbox, none of the words are capitalized.
I have not rebuilt the index, the user is indexing and amazing amount (or ridiculous amount) of email. Old pst files are being indexed as well as the mailbox and archived email (A total of about 12GB in addition to the hdd).
So, is there anyway to either take the outbox out of the windows search index, or another method to prevent this from happening?
Another interesting clue: The folder that shows in the Windows search results are odd the Sent items is listed as "Sent Items (Mailbox - Lastname, Firstname, M)" the outbox is listed as "(mailbox - lastname, firstname, m) the difference being that the sent items all words are capitalized and in the outbox, none of the words are capitalized.
I have not rebuilt the index, the user is indexing and amazing amount (or ridiculous amount) of email. Old pst files are being indexed as well as the mailbox and archived email (A total of about 12GB in addition to the hdd).
So, is there anyway to either take the outbox out of the windows search index, or another method to prevent this from happening?
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Well maybe the index is corrupt? I've heard of Windows Search grabbing outbox items, but I've never seen a solution. Windows Search isn't the greatest to begin with. You are using version 4 right?
When you open the emails with Windows search, can you tell if it is indeed the exact same message?
When you open the emails with Windows search, can you tell if it is indeed the exact same message?
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Back to the problem though, I did a search in Outlook, including all mail items and only one instance of the emails were found. I thought the same as you so I manually checked the Outbox of all the PST files. The only location of the emails in the sent items is also only in the users Exchange (.ost file). I came across one case similar to this from a few years back on another forum, but there was no solution, only a discussion about the mail only being in either the outbox or the sent items folder.