Outlook Search starting date

Posted by Khalid Rahaman on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Khalid Rahaman
Published on 2010-04-22T22:03:00Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 22:14 UTC
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I am having a problem with Outlook 2003 search on 2 desktops - 1 XP, 1 Windows 7. They are both connected to the same exchange 2007 server. There are several other users connected to the same server, inside the lan and outside using RPC none of whom are having this issue.

When the user searches Outlook, search starts from the date Outlook OST file was created and then searches more recent items. The result is that if user is searching for some phrase, e.g. "Blade" in their inbox folder, search results from months ago are returned first then the more recent results.

If i delete the OST file and restart Outlook it rebuilds a new one, and resynchronizes normally, then search works normally again, however approximately 6 weeks later the problem will start again (see second paragraph).

Anyone experience this ? Any Suggestions ?

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