Hi, Wayne.
Think about it.
When you Delete an item, where SHOULD it go? Into Deleted Items, right?
When you Delete it from Deleted Items, where does it go? Right back into
Deleted Items. You have OE chasing its own tail! :>{
Click Tools | Options..., then the Maintenance tab. Make sure the first box
is checked. The one that empties Deleted Items when you exit OE.
If that doesn't do it, then your Deleted Items.dbx file (or an item in it)
is probably damaged. Before exiting OE, click that Maintenance tab again
and then Store Folder... to see which folder OE is using to keep its files.
Note the entire pathname. Then exit OE, navigate to that folder, and delete
Deleted Items.dbx. Next time you start OE, it will recreate this folder.
For LOTS more details about OE and its inner workings, spend some time
reading at MVP Tom Koch's website:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
But your message was posted from the Web-based Interface, which does not
have "Deleted Items", does it?
By the way, Netiquette frowns on "hijacking" a thread to change the subject.
Start your own thread. ;^} I'll probably see it, but if I don't, there are
hundreds (thousands?) of other readers here who could answer this question.
RC