Open Outlook and Right-Click on any folder in your Inbox and select “Properties†from the menu.
Click the “AutoArchive Tabâ€.
Change your selection to “Archive items in this folder using the default settings†and then click the button for “Default Archive Settingsâ€. See Figure 1.
Configure Outlook’s default settings and file location based on your preference. See Figure 2. When done, click the “OK†button in the AutoArchive window.
Click CANCEL on the original window, so that these settings are not applied to any or all of your outlook inbox folders. Now you can either configure thesettings on the proper folders, or run a one time archive from the file menu, and be certain that the archived mail will go to the correct location
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