A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Outlook » General Discussion
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old October 8th, 2009, 03:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.general
Diane Poremsky [MVP]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 17,338
Default Microsoft Outlook 2007 on Vista Home Premium: IMAP does not create Deleted Items Folder and items in the Inbox cannot be deleted in one workstep

Use a view that hides deleted items and set the account to purge on folder
change - this will purge the folders frequently. With a folder in the IMAP
account select, go to the Edit menu - select Purge, Purge options

Outlook doesn't use deleted folders for IMAP.

--

Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


"Karin King" wrote in message ...
Hello,
I hope you are still listening to that topic, even though the initial
discussion is more than 1 year old. I had to re-install the operating
system and the M.S. Office pack inclusive of M.S. Outlook. And - despite I
was using M.D. Outlook 2007 for quite a while - this problem with not
being able to delete items in the Inbox Folder in one workstep and the
problmes with not havingt a Deleted Items Folder comes up.

It is annoying to first first get the strikethrough on items in the inbox
when clicking the "delete" button and afterwards have to go to Edit -
purge.
Is there a solution to that meanwhile? I did not come across that problem
in M.S. Outlook until some days ago.

And how to create a Deleted Folder under IMAP? I am using one.com as
domain host. Is it wise to switch to POP and excaping M.S. Outlook
problems?

Karin



Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
14-Jan-08

Carol Mattick wrote:


No, by examining the account type. ToolsAccount Settings should get you
to
a place you can view the account properties. I'm not at my OL 2007 system
right now or I'd be more specific.


Outlook uses PST for its data storage for all account types except
Exchange.
Normally I'd say that if the server contains "imap" in its name you'd be
correct to assume it's an IMAP server, but since "imap.gamil.com",
"smtp.gmail.com", and "pop.gmail.com" are all alias for the same servers,
they're interchangeable and don't tell you anything about the account
type.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
SQL Server Estimating Compression Savings
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ating-com.aspx


  #12  
Old June 6th, 2010, 03:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.general
omny love
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default Deleting Email in Outlook 2007

Create a folder tasks or whatever you want to call it and then move the tasks that you want to delete or that you cant delete from your inbox in there and then delete the folder. It will delete the tasks and folder for good,



CarolMattic wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
11-Jan-08

I am using an IMAP folder. There seems to be no Deleted Items folder that is
automatically created or that I can create. When I tell the program to
delete, it sometimes just "disappears" the email and sometimes puts a
strikeout through it. However, my question is where do the deleted items go?
Without a Deleted Items folder, I am at a loss. As we all know, sometimes
you delete something you wish you had not. How can I retrieve deleted mail?
--
Carol Mattick

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Friday, January 11, 2008 1:33 PM
CarolMattic wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
I am using an IMAP folder. There seems to be no Deleted Items folder that is
automatically created or that I can create. When I tell the program to
delete, it sometimes just "disappears" the email and sometimes puts a
strikeout through it. However, my question is where do the deleted items go?
Without a Deleted Items folder, I am at a loss. As we all know, sometimes
you delete something you wish you had not. How can I retrieve deleted mail?
--
Carol Mattick

On Friday, January 11, 2008 2:36 PM
Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
Carol Mattick wrote:


Correct. IMAP protocols do not implement a Deleted Items folder. Instead,
clicking Delete merely marks the message for deletion, usully by displaying
the subject with an overstrike. You purge those marked items with
EditPurge Deleted Messages".


I suspect that in some folders you're using the "Hide Messages Marked for
Deletion" view and in others using the "IMAP Messages" view.


They don't go anywhere. They stay on the server in the folder that hold
them until you purge them. You recover them buy not deleting or purging
them. It's similar to asking "How do I recover deleted messages after I
emptied my Deleted Items folder?" The answer is, in general, "you don't.
They're gone for good," if you've purged them. If they're not purged, right
click one you want to keep and choose Undelete or click Edit and select
Undelete.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Friday, January 11, 2008 6:56 PM
CarolMattic wrote:

Thanks for the info Brian.
Thanks for the info Brian. However, I just went in to try your advice and it
did not behave the way you described. I am in my imap.gmail.com set of
folders, specifically in the "inbox". When I click on "Views" and "Current
View", I see the "MAP messages" option, the "Hide Deleted Messages" option
and the "Group Deleted Messages Together" option. Only the "IMAP Messages"
option is checked. And yet, when I go to the inbox and delete an item, it
disappears.
--
Carol Mattick


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

On Sunday, January 13, 2008 4:28 PM
Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
Ah, well, gmail has its own quirks and does not behave as most (all?) other
IMAP servers. it is POP implemenation is not standards-compliant either.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:47 PM
CarolMattic wrote:

Well, at least I am not going crazy.
Well, at least I am not going crazy. Please look at my post under install
and configuring... "IMAP - Outlook 2007 How Do I..." posted today. The first
/ desktop machine doesn't have a deleted items folder, doesn't show you where
the deleted items go. The second / laptop machine has an imap folder which
does have a deleted items folder and that is where the deleted items go.
--
Carol Mattick


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

On Monday, January 14, 2008 8:51 AM
Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
Carol Mattick wrote:


I tested my gmail account (Also IMAP) and it doesn't have a Deleted Items
folder. I tested this on a different IMAP server as well. Outlook does not
create the Deleted Items folder in IMAP PSTs. Please recheck the type of
account that has the Deleted Items folder and see if, in fact, it's really
an IMAP account.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Monday, January 14, 2008 12:23 PM
CarolMattic wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
--
Carol Mattick


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

On Monday, January 14, 2008 4:50 PM
Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
Carol Mattick wrote:


No, by examining the account type. ToolsAccount Settings should get you to
a place you can view the account properties. I'm not at my OL 2007 system
right now or I'd be more specific.


Outlook uses PST for its data storage for all account types except Exchange.
Normally I'd say that if the server contains "imap" in its name you'd be
correct to assume it's an IMAP server, but since "imap.gamil.com",
"smtp.gmail.com", and "pop.gmail.com" are all alias for the same servers,
they're interchangeable and don't tell you anything about the account type.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

On Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:43 PM
Yndoend wrote:

If this is how IMAP works then why is it with Entourage (Outlook for Mac) you
If this is how IMAP works then why is it with Entourage (Outlook for Mac) you
can move your deleted emails into a deleted items folder? Does Entourage
have special magical powers that supercede IMAP standards and out preform
Outlook?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

On Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:25 AM
darlene rider wrote:

Thank you
Been trying to get these deleted emails out of my inbox for a while now, thank you for clearing it up!

On Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:27 PM
Karin King wrote:

Microsoft Outlook 2007 on Vista Home Premium: IMAP does not create Deleted Items Folder and items in the Inbox cannot be deleted in one workstep
Hello,
I hope you are still listening to that topic, even though the initial discussion is more than 1 year old. I had to re-install the operating system and the M.S. Office pack inclusive of M.S. Outlook. And - despite I was using M.D. Outlook 2007 for quite a while - this problem with not being able to delete items in the Inbox Folder in one workstep and the problmes with not havingt a Deleted Items Folder comes up.

It is annoying to first first get the strikethrough on items in the inbox when clicking the "delete" button and afterwards have to go to Edit - purge.
Is there a solution to that meanwhile? I did not come across that problem in M.S. Outlook until some days ago.

And how to create a Deleted Folder under IMAP? I am using one.com as domain host. Is it wise to switch to POP and excaping M.S. Outlook problems?

Karin



Brian Tillman wrote:

Deleting Email in Outlook 2007
14-Jan-08



No, by examining the account type. ToolsAccount Settings should get you to
a place you can view the account properties. I am not at my OL 2007 system
right now or I'd be more specific.


Outlook uses PST for its data storage for all account types except Exchange.
Normally I'd say that if the server contains "imap" in its name you would be
correct to assume it is an IMAP server, but since "imap.gamil.com",
"smtp.gmail.com", and "pop.gmail.com" are all alias for the same servers,
they are interchangeable and do not tell you anything about the account type.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
SQL Server Estimating Compression Savings
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ating-com.aspx


Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Telerik RadControls For Silverlight (3 and 4) Q1 2010
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ols-for-s.aspx
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:42 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.