Bypass "Deleted Items" folder in Outlook 2003?

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Lawrence

I find it useful to keep my deleted emails in Outlook
around for about six months or so; I clean out my Deleted
Items folder a couple times a year.

However, there are some instances when I know that I want
to delete an item for good (for example, an email with
huge attachments). In this case I don't want the email
placed in the "Deleted Items" folder, where it will take
up space (i.e., "compress database" won't remove the space
taken up by that item).

Is there a way you can delete a single item so that it is
wiped out completely and *not* placed in the Deleted Items
folder? It's a pain to have to delete something from the
current folder and then delete it from the Deleted Items
folder to completely get rid of it (yet I still want to
use the Deleted Items folder to hold several months worth
of info).
 
Shift + Delete.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Lawrence asked:

| I find it useful to keep my deleted emails in Outlook
| around for about six months or so; I clean out my Deleted
| Items folder a couple times a year.
|
| However, there are some instances when I know that I want
| to delete an item for good (for example, an email with
| huge attachments). In this case I don't want the email
| placed in the "Deleted Items" folder, where it will take
| up space (i.e., "compress database" won't remove the space
| taken up by that item).
|
| Is there a way you can delete a single item so that it is
| wiped out completely and *not* placed in the Deleted Items
| folder? It's a pain to have to delete something from the
| current folder and then delete it from the Deleted Items
| folder to completely get rid of it (yet I still want to
| use the Deleted Items folder to hold several months worth
| of info).
 
Thanks to both of you for the response.

I guess the general solution is to look at all the
keyboard shortcuts for additional features. There are
things you can do with the shortcuts that aren't available
in menus.

Thanks again.
 
The key combo SHIFT+DEL will permanently delete a
message, bypassing your Deleted Items folder. Just
remember, once you delete it this way, it's GONE.
 
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