How to bypass marking files for deletion

Paul · External Since: Aug 01, 2006 Posts: 318

I'm running Office 2003 on Windows XP SP2. We have an IMAP server.

I'd like to be able to delete mail in one step, bypassing the marking of the
message for deletion. In other words, I want to right click it, select
delete, and have it be gone instead of rt. click, delete (which marks it for
deletion), and then purge deleted messages. Is this possible?
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Paul

Brian Tillman · External Since: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 20862

Paul <Paul.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I'm running Office 2003 on Windows XP SP2. We have an IMAP server.
>
> I'd like to be able to delete mail in one step, bypassing the marking
> of the message for deletion. In other words, I want to right click
> it, select delete, and have it be gone instead of rt. click, delete
> (which marks it for deletion), and then purge deleted messages. Is
> this possible?

Nope. That's how IMAP accounts work. However, you can click View>Arrange
By>Current View>Hide Messages marked for Deletion.
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Brian Tillman

Paul · External Since: Aug 01, 2006 Posts: 318

Brian,

You're the best! Thanks for the help.

Paul

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Paul <Paul RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm running Office 2003 on Windows XP SP2. We have an IMAP server.
> >
> > I'd like to be able to delete mail in one step, bypassing the marking
> > of the message for deletion. In other words, I want to right click
> > it, select delete, and have it be gone instead of rt. click, delete
> > (which marks it for deletion), and then purge deleted messages. Is
> > this possible?
>
> Nope. That's how IMAP accounts work. However, you can click View>Arrange
> By>Current View>Hide Messages marked for Deletion.
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

OntarioCanuck · External Since: Nov 02, 2009 Posts: 1

For some reason my copy of Outlook2007 is 'forgetting' my IMAP view
settings. I can set it to "hide messages marked for deletion" and it works,
then randomly it goes back to showing them as stricken out and also changes
the date order to newest first. It will do this randomly throughout the day.
I go back and edit the current view to show only messages with IMAP status
blank. It works for a while then resets again.

I'm also getting what appear to be connection errors from time to time where
it won't let me delete a message or move it. This might be related.

Any thoughts? I'm stumped here.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Paul <Paul.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm running Office 2003 on Windows XP SP2. We have an IMAP server.
> >
> > I'd like to be able to delete mail in one step, bypassing the marking
> > of the message for deletion. In other words, I want to right click
> > it, select delete, and have it be gone instead of rt. click, delete
> > (which marks it for deletion), and then purge deleted messages. Is
> > this possible?
>
> Nope. That's how IMAP accounts work. However, you can click View>Arrange
> By>Current View>Hide Messages marked for Deletion.
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

Diane Poremsky [MVP] · External Since: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 6715

I'd close outlook and restart it with the /cleanviews switch.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

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"OntarioCanuck" <OntarioCanuck.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DA08CBDA-66A6-4534-9B50-FCEF8DFACA0B@microsoft.com...
>
> For some reason my copy of Outlook2007 is 'forgetting' my IMAP view
> settings. I can set it to "hide messages marked for deletion" and it
> works,
> then randomly it goes back to showing them as stricken out and also
> changes
> the date order to newest first. It will do this randomly throughout the
> day.
> I go back and edit the current view to show only messages with IMAP status
> blank. It works for a while then resets again.
>
> I'm also getting what appear to be connection errors from time to time
> where
> it won't let me delete a message or move it. This might be related.
>
> Any thoughts? I'm stumped here.
>
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
>> Paul <Paul.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm running Office 2003 on Windows XP SP2. We have an IMAP server.
>> >
>> > I'd like to be able to delete mail in one step, bypassing the marking
>> > of the message for deletion. In other words, I want to right click
>> > it, select delete, and have it be gone instead of rt. click, delete
>> > (which marks it for deletion), and then purge deleted messages. Is
>> > this possible?
>>
>> Nope. That's how IMAP accounts work. However, you can click
>> View>Arrange
>> By>Current View>Hide Messages marked for Deletion.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman
>>
>>