no longer have am IMAP account but I remember that there was a purge
function which I was able to use to delete the email individual user
environment not networked or Exchange)
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Neil
"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Maria Circle" <Maria (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> My office uses Outlook 2000. When I delete a message, the message stays
>> in
>> my Inbox with a strikethrough of the text. I cannot actually get them to
>> disappear from my Inbox until I hit "purge deleted messages".
>>
>> How can I delete messages and have them disappear from my Inbox
>> automatically placing them into my deleted items folder?
>>
>> HELP.
>>
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> You can't if you use IMAP....
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