Outlook search after Mailbox move

[adnorton]

I have been playing with a searching issue in outlook and have narrowed it down to the mailbox move in Exchange.

Here is what happens:

Create a new information store and move mailboxes to it say on Jan 1. Let's say I get about 500 emails a day and I want to find an email from yesterday (April 20), when I do the search it starts from Jan 1, 2006 back to 1999 and then comes back to April 21, 2006 to find the email I need the day before.

Now I have posted in Office forums and the response I got was well that is a feature of Outlook to search old emails first. Sorry but for Outlook to start 4 months before is not good enough. So I ran some tests.

I moved my mailbox two days ago and guess what the search started on April 19. The same date and time I moved my mailbox. My next thought was well I can just defrag and I will be good. I took the store offline and defragged and that didn't work so a periodical defrag won't fix the issue.

Has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? Maybe someone else has experienced the problem?

Thanks
Aaron

 

[Marcs41]

Sorry, but are you calling this a problem?
Forgive me if I am missing the point, but why would anyone re-date a mailbox to 'ease' a search?
If I want an e-mail from Feb. 2, I look for Feb. 2 e-mails

Marc
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[adnorton]

What if you don't know the exact date?

 

[Marcs41]

Well, I just used your example. I would use whatever keyword I need to search, be it yesterday or last year, the indexer will find it.

If you want to easy your searches, you may consider Lookout (free) or MSN Search, although I personally prefer Lookout.

Marc
_{If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, expect random guesses or no replies at all.
Free Tip: The F1 Key does NOT destroy your PC!}