Microsoft KB Archive/161808

= OL97: Message Modification Date Determines Archive Date =

Article ID: 161808

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161808





SUMMARY
When you archive a Mail message folder, Microsoft Outlook 97 determines the message age from the Sent date/time, the Received date/time, or from the message's Modified date/time, whichever is later.



MORE INFORMATION
The following actions will change the message's Modified date/time:
 * Forwarding
 * Replying
 * Replying to All
 * Editing and Saving
 * Moving or Copying

Copying or moving the message to another message folder does not always change the modification date/time. If the destination folder of the copy or move action is a Personal Folders file (.pst), the modification date/time does not change. If the destination folder of the copy or move action is an Exchange Server Mailbox or an Offline Folders file (.ost), the modification date/time does change.

To determine the latest modification date/time of a Mail message, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the View menu, click Show Fields.
 * 2) In the "Select available fields from" list, click "All Mail fields."
 * 3) Under Available Fields, click Modified, and then click Add to place the Modified field in the "Show these fields in this order" list.
 * 4) Click Move Up or the Move Down to position the Modified field and click OK.

The modified date/time for each message now appears in the Messages view.

