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Turn off cached exchange mode for archiving, then turn it back on when complete. &nbsp;<br />
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Or let cached Exchange (.ost) store the entire mailbox. &nbsp;Outlook will only archive what it can see, and in cached mode, there's only 6 months worth of mail.<br />
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If you configure Outlook to auto-archive everything 6 months or older, there's no reason to keep the six month limit on the .ost file either.
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Turn off cached exchange mode for archiving, then turn it back on when complete.  

Or let cached Exchange (.ost) store the entire mailbox.  Outlook will only archive what it can see, and in cached mode, there's only 6 months worth of mail.

If you configure Outlook to auto-archive everything 6 months or older, there's no reason to keep the six month limit on the .ost file either.

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Hi,<br />
My customer has Outlook 2010 running against Exchange 2007 (SBS2008).<br />
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Outlook 2010 is only set to store 6 months cached locally (i.e. in the .ost file)<br />
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There is email going back to 2010 on the server i.e. in his Exchange mailbox.<br />
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When archiving is run in Outlook it is not finding anything to archive.<br />
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Why is this ? &nbsp;Am I missing something about the way this is supposed to work ?
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Hi,
My customer has Outlook 2010 running against Exchange 2007 (SBS2008).

Outlook 2010 is only set to store 6 months cached locally (i.e. in the .ost file)

There is email going back to 2010 on the server i.e. in his Exchange mailbox.

When archiving is run in Outlook it is not finding anything to archive.

Why is this ?  Am I missing something about the way this is supposed to work ?

outlook does not archive emailes stored on exchange server

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).