How do I get my IMAP message to move to Deleted items instead of .

[Guest]

Hello, I am using Outlook 2003 with IMAP. I would like my messages to move
to the Deleted Items folder when I delete them instead of staying in the
inbox marked for deletion. Has anyone successfully done this? Thanks!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hello, I am using Outlook 2003 with IMAP. I would like my messages
to move to the Deleted Items folder when I delete them instead of
staying in the inbox marked for deletion.

What you want can't be done. IMAP doesn't work that way.

 

[Guest]

That is incorrect. While the intention with IMAP was originally that items
would remain in their original folder, marked for deletion until "purged",
most mainstream IMAP clients (including Entourage, the Mac counterpart to
Outlook, and Mozilla Thunderbird) support an emulation of his request, where
the message is copied to deleted items, deleted from Inbox, then purged from
the Inbox, thus simulating a move.

I have to say that the lack of this feature, along with the inability to
customize the Sent Items, Junk Mail, and other "special" folder locations
(ie, being able to route them to existing IMAP folders instead of having
Outlook look for them and/or create them) and Outlooks poor implementation of
IMAP polling ESPECIALLY considering the very robust and reliable
implementation of IMAP in Entourage, has left me with a bad taste in my mouth
regarding Outlook. Too bad everything revolves around it. As long as you're
doing Exchange or POP3 you're golden. IMAP, not so much.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info Adam, I was looking at IMAP hosting for a small business
instead of moving them to exchange which is far more costly where as IMAP is
now free with my hosting company.

From your experience is the IMAP route worth taking for the short / medium
term or does it just cause more trouble than its worth. I wanted IMAP to give
them access to their emails from several locations.

 

[Brian Tillman]

That is incorrect. While the intention with IMAP was originally that
items would remain in their original folder, marked for deletion
until "purged", most mainstream IMAP clients (including Entourage,
the Mac counterpart to Outlook, and Mozilla Thunderbird) support an
emulation of his request, where the message is copied to deleted
items, deleted from Inbox, then purged from the Inbox, thus
simulating a move.

But the OP was not talking about any IMAP client, he was talking about
Outlook. Outlook's IMAP simply doesn't work that way, taking a stricter
approach to IMAP protocol implementation.

If you don't like Outlook's IMAP, use something else.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for the info Adam, I was looking at IMAP hosting for a small
business instead of moving them to exchange which is far more costly
where as IMAP is now free with my hosting company.

From your experience is the IMAP route worth taking for the short /
medium term or does it just cause more trouble than its worth. I
wanted IMAP to give them access to their emails from several
locations.

Many people find Outlook's IMAP handling adequate. I find Outlook Express
does a little bit better and there are other IMAP clients that may perform
more to your liking. The best approach is to try them and see which suits
your needs the best.