Objective
Office 365 retention policies can be used to automatically delete e-mail older than a specified time, such as 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc. This can be very useful for folders where you save information from listservs or other information that is time sensitive and/or not critical.
Following these steps will apply a retention policy to a mail folder in your account.
Environment
Spartan Mail
Before You Begin
Users may choose to apply personal retention policies to automatically delete e-mail from non-system folders. This includes all folders except:
- Deleted Items,
- Drafts,
- Inbox,
- Junk Mail, and
- Sent Items
Steps
- Go to https://spartanmail.msu.edu (link).
- In the Inbox, expand the folder view.
- Right-click on the mail folder that you want to apply a retention policy to.
- Click Assign policy and select the policy you want to apply.
- You're done! You have assigned a retention policy to the selected mail folder.
Once a policy is set for a folder, that policy may take up to a week to begin applying.
Additional Info
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