Outlook rule to automatically move deleted files to archive folder after two weeks

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Published on 2010-04-15T21:34:24Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 21:43 UTC
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Is there way to set up a rule in outlook to automatically move my deleted files after a certain amount of time - say two weeks - to an archive folder I set up? and do the same for sent items so I don't have to do this manually every few weeks?

If it can't be done with a rule does anyone know how to do it in VBA?

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