Outlook 2007 automatically purging deleted IMAP messages

[Guest]

Hi, I have set up an IMAP account in Outlook 2007, and have de-selected the
setting for Outlook to automatically purge my deleted messages when switching
folders. I would like to be able to purge at my leisure (so I can go back
through my deleted messages to make sure I definitely want them deleted), and
instead everytime I logon in the morning, all the messages I had chosen for
deletion are gone (have been automatically purged). How do I prevent this
from happening?

Thanks,

Anna

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi, I have set up an IMAP account in Outlook 2007, and have
de-selected the setting for Outlook to automatically purge my deleted
messages when switching folders. I would like to be able to purge at
my leisure (so I can go back through my deleted messages to make sure
I definitely want them deleted), and instead everytime I logon in the
morning, all the messages I had chosen for deletion are gone (have
been automatically purged). How do I prevent this from happening?

The first thing I'd do in your situation is to make sure there's no process
on the server doing the purge.

 

[Guest]

Hi Brian,

My server is a University email account that I've been using for 2 years,
and has never automatically deleted my trash bin. So there is no process on
the server that has the command to purge the deleted files.... any other
suggestions?