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- Emails located in the "Inbox" and "Sent Items" folders are deleted after 120 days.
- Emails located in the "Deleted Mail" folder are deleted after 30 days.
- Subfolders, and emails within those subfolders, created inside the Inbox, Sent Items, and Deleted Mail folders are deleted after 120 days (Inbox, Sent Items) or 30 days (Deleted Mail).
In each email, Exchange includes an expiration date, telling you when that email will be deleted if left in the Inbox, Sent Items, or Deleted Folder.
Messages stored within folders created by Faculty and Staff users in folders that are located outside of the Inbox and Sent Items folder are not deleted. So to save old emails, periodically move them out into folders you created outside of your Inbox and Sent Items folders, into folders you created.
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