Ok Elise...whatever works best for you...I do prefer to archive my Sent Items becuz that folder can get SO huge and slow to open...I figure if I archive anything older than three months, then I can always open the archive if I want to see anything older than that, but if not, the Sent Items folder stays at a more managable size for me. Of course, this is becuz I send a ridiculous amount of email...before I started archiving my Sent Items, I would go in there and see something like 86,000 of them LOL But, I'm curious why you think your Sent Items WERE being archived if you said you do NOT have an archive.pst....if anything is archived, you WOULD have that file. So, I still don't think they were being archived, but rather, deleted....for some reason....and that's why I suggested that you DO create an archive setup for them, so they would be moved to archive.pst instead of being lost completely. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elise C. Miller Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:51 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Sent mail in Outlook 2002 Hi Linda, My Outlook file is 137,000 KB so nowhere near 2Gig, so that's good. I think what was happening is that even though I didn't have it set to AutoArchive that folder, it was still deleting items over 6 months old because I didn't actually have "do not archive items in this folder" selected. I figured that having nothing selected would prevent the deleting, but I guess not. I made a .pst file yesterday so now I know I have a good backup as of the end of the day yesterday, and I guess I'll have to just remember to do .pst's pretty regularly. Anyway that's what I tell my clients to do so I should practice what I preach! Thanks for your help, Elise ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************