On Mar 20, 1:51*pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
typically, the ones with the arrow are the original from your inbox. they
should not be in your sent folder at all.

you're using an exchange acct?

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"alex" wrote in message

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On Mar 20, 12:11 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
wrote:





Are you saving sent messages? It's a default setting, but can be changed
to
not save forwarded messages.

Are you using a pop3 or imap acct? Is the archive folder on the local
machine?

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On Mar 20, 7:11 am, alex wrote:

Hello all,

using Outlook '03...

I have an e-mail rule that creates a copy of any sent message and
moves it to a particular folder--archive folder.

This rule, however, deactivates on its own; i.e., it stops working and
the box is unchecked when I look at my rules (I have many rules and
this is the only one that stops working). I have not adjusted any of
my folders!

It seems to stop on a Friday (or maybe that's just a coincidence).

Any thoughts?
alex

Hello again,

another issue with this rule is that it's not sending (archiving)
anything that I forward. I've looked, and cannot find any rule that
differentiates a sent message from a forward message.

thanks again,
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Thanks Diane for responding...

Are you saving sent messages? It's a default setting, but can be changed to
not save forwarded messages

I am saving sent messages. *All my sent messages (including forwarded
mail) are saved in the Sent Items folder.
I have set up a rule, however, to make a copy of anthing sent and send
it to an archive folder.
I then purge the Sent Items folder (because of my space quota).
I could do it manually, but figured a rule would work just fine.

I have two main issues:
First, my rule deactivates; i.e., it stops working (I can see the
rule, but the box next to the rule becomes unchecked)
Second, when the rule is working, it does not make a copy (and put
into the archive file) any forwarded e-mail. *Not to be
confusing...there seems to be two types of forwarded e-mail. *E.g., if
you look in the Sent Items folder, you'll see (at least on my system)
two different icons for forwarded mail. *One is just the plain
envelope, the second has an envelope with a right-pointing arrow.
It's these messages with the pointing arrow that are not copied and
archived.

Are you using a pop3 or imap acct?
NO
Is the archive folder on the local
machine?

The archive folder is a pst file on a networked server.

Hope I didn't confuse you!
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Diane,

You're right; I am using an exchange account/server.

I don't understand why the messages that originate in my inbox (and
are sent) shouldn't end up in my Sent Items folder.