Outlook 2010: how to auto-archive (backup) emails

Emails are too important to lose. In the following scenarios, AutoArchiving can come in handy.

1. Your given email account has limited capacity.
2. You could not remember to archive (backup) your old emails regularly.

The steps to activate auto-archive are:

1. Start your favourite outlook 2010
2. Click on tab "Folder"
3. Click "AutoArchive Settings" in the tool bar, and an "Inbox Properties" message box appears
4. The default is "Do not archive", but we need to change it. Select the "Archive using default settings" or "Archive using these settings" to customize auto-archive.
5. My suggestion is to create a backup personal data file (pst files) for archiving. pst files can be easily migrated to other outlook clients. For the tip to create new pst files, see my previous blog "Outlook 2010: how to create personal data file".