Please note that Outlook for Mac saves the Archive file as an (.olm) file that can only be read on a Mac. Archiving emails in Outlook for Mac creates copies of your email account from the server and stores them on your local computer. You can save an.olm file to any location on your Mac or on a different machine for safekeeping. Manually archive email messages, contacts, and other items to an Outlook for Mac Data File (.olm) to easily reduce your inbox size. You can't access the Rules function on mobile. The Outlook Rules function is only available for Outlook Mac, Windows, and Web. 1 day ago Create Auto-Archive Rule From the Email. To make this work on Outlook 16.36 (2020) - I needed to make sure that the shortcut matches exactly with what's displayed in the Move menu item.
On other note the latest version of Outlook for Mac now has one click archiving which is not as good as a single keypress but definitely an improvement! – Fred Clausen Mar 13 '16 at 23:02.
