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Question

Outlook sent message folder clearing

Jun 2, 2011 10:02PM PDT

Computer has multiple excel's running each which periodically sends emails. This obviously creates eventually quite a lot of emails to be sent and as it turns out too many in the sent folder causes eventually mail sending go all haywire. Not sure why but that's just how it is.

Solution is simple: Keep sent message folder not too crowded. However manually removing those gets annoying. And messages are supposed to be hold for a while so not storing them in sent folder isn't an option.

Any way outlook(or windows) could be configured to automatically delete messages from sent folder after message is X days old?

Using XP with outlook express 6.

Thanks.

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Clarification Request
Which Outlook?
Jun 3, 2011 6:31AM PDT

I recall Outlook versions 95, 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

I can't tell if my idea applies to all versions.
Bob

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OOps. It's Outlook Express 6!
Jun 3, 2011 6:33AM PDT
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Sorry, I think this wouldn't work.
Jun 3, 2011 6:41AM PDT

The OP wants the messages to stay around for a X days. So only delete if older than X days. Deleting the Sent Items.dbx deletes all.

Kees

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Your right.
Jun 3, 2011 6:44AM PDT

It looks like a binary answer. But one could move it out every X days to a backup. But this may require just above a newbie mindset.
Bob

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Answer
Outlook Express is not programmable.
Jun 3, 2011 12:38AM PDT

So you need a third party program to do it (if that exists). Replacing it by MS Outlook might be an option, because you can write your own macro's (in VBA) in it.

Kees