We would like to distribute a search (.OSS) to all staff, a simple
search which when they double click on it, it will span their inbox,
sent items, and deleted items, and includes a "size" field, such that
staff can quickly see all of their email items, sort by date or by
size, and get rid of big chunks of email that they no longer need.

I was able to save an .OSS file on my PC doing this which works only
from my outlook. If I try to distribute it to anyone else, however, it
somehow maintains a link to my mailbox (even though the search only
reads "inbox; sent items; deleted items" which seems generic enough to
me.)
As a result, this .OSS file (on others' outlook sessions) comes up with
a small warning that it cannot find the original folder structure, then
defaults to only their inbox and doesn't include their sent items or
deleted items.

Is this possible to contruct a search which spans multiple folders and
then distribute it as a link to other outlook users? I checked
slipstick.com and couldn't find anything under the "cleaning house"
section.

Any help greatly appreciated!!!

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We would like to distribute a search (.OSS) to all staff, a simple
search which when they double click on it, it will span their inbox,
sent items, and deleted items, and includes a "size" field, such that
staff can quickly see all of their email items, sort by date or by
size, and get rid of big chunks of email that they no longer need.

I was able to save an .OSS file on my PC doing this which works only
from my outlook. If I try to distribute it to anyone else, however,
it somehow maintains a link to my mailbox (even though the search only
reads "inbox; sent items; deleted items" which seems generic enough to
me.)
As a result, this .OSS file (on others' outlook sessions) comes up
with a small warning that it cannot find the original folder
structure, then defaults to only their inbox and doesn't include
their sent items or deleted items.

Is this possible to contruct a search which spans multiple folders and
then distribute it as a link to other outlook users? I checked
slipstick.com and couldn't find anything under the "cleaning house"
section.

Any help greatly appreciated!!!

I'm not sure how one would do this, but am just curious as to the version of
Outlook they're using. If 2003, they have search folders, and also should
have an easy-to-find link called "Folder Sizes" which will show them a lot.

Hi Lanwench! This is outlook 2000 clients on exchange server 2003.
Unfortunately if you want to include the size of the messages, the
procedure is not trivial for the average user (opening field chooser
and dragging the field over-- every time they want to do the process.
They will end up forgetting for sure and generate more support calls).
Maybe as an alternative perhaps there is a way to include the size
field by default on all outlook searches?