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klj — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:29:31 -0000

is there a "default" setting that someone could use to have an expiration date on every e-mail they send or do they have to input that on each and every e-mail sent??

i'm getting emails from a client and i don't think she is putting that expiration date on her e-mails intentionally but they all have it now and they never did before... there is really no reason for it... i don't think she is that computer literate for one thing so i hate to bring it up w/ her...

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mrgroove — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:16:26 -0000

Are you a robot?

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Charlie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:39:04 -0000

Janice, did you ever get an answer to your question about the expiration of calendar appointments?

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Hiro — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:55:15 -0000

Is there any way after the expiration date, the receipant cannot open the message?

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janice — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:55:17 -0000

How do you remove the expiration for calendar appointments that you set in the future and then want to update? I like to setup recurring appointments for months in advance, that way they're in the everyone's calendar. When i want to update it, I get a warning message that the "The expiration date and time for message have passed. Do you still want to send it?" I try to say yes, but the message does not send. I know how to remove/change the expiration date for an email message, but can not for the calendar appointment...this frustrates me!

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Carolyn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:05:35 -0000

There is a way to set the expiration date for incoming email in Outlook:

-In the message ribbon, click on the down arrow in the lower right-hand corner.

-Under Delivery Options, there is an "Expires After" check box.

-To see the expiration date from your inbox view, choose "Expires" from the Field Chooser (Found in Date/Time fields). You can get to the Field Chooser by right clicking along the headings at the top of your inbox

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Charles — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:19:47 -0000

I too would rather have a rule set an expiration date for inbound, but this is what I do now. Create a fold named something like "Compost" > create sub folders suchas as "Days 001", "Days 030", "Days 365" and so on (I use 1, 3, 10, 30, 90, 365.) > apply properties to each folder for AutoArchive permanently delete after xxx days > Create rules for received mail to deliver to to the appropriate compost folder. > and turn on autoarchive.

This autoarchive folder, the rules to put mail into the folder, plus search folders make the folders accessible by relevant subject yet delete them automatically.

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Fred — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:48:54 -0000

this is a good feature for setting on expiration date on my outbound messages.
However I would like to set up an expiration date on inbound messages as I read them. I may want to keep a message no longer than a month, or 2 days, or have it match my company's email retention policy.