Hi,

Thank you for posting here.

Yes you are Mr. Right, if you set the Age setting to 30 days, it will
delete emails older than 30 days. So I suggest set the number the greater
the better.
Retention policies settings are part of Outlook's AutoArchive
functionality, Retention Settings only run when AutoArchive is run. Running
an archive manually does not trigger Retention Settings
enforcement.Retention policy settings in Outlook can be configured to
follow company policies and encourage users to retain documents and items
for only a fixed period of time. Retention Settings implementation requires
AutoArchive to be enabled, but Retention Settings take precedence over
AutoArchive settings.
By using Group Policy with the Outlook .adm file, you can lock down
Retention Settings for users. In the Group Policy snap-in, retention
setting policies are located under \User Configuration\Administrative
Templates\Microsoft Office Outlook 2003\Tools | Options\Other\AutoArchive.
To set retention policies, double-click Retention Policies, then click
Enabled to enable policies for these settings.You can disable Retention
Settings by clearing the Turn Retention Policies On check box.

Hope this helps

Best Regards,

Chace Zhang (MSFT)

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