Outlook 07 How to send deleted mail to server's trash folder

by yaaargh000 Feb 18, 2007 1:03PM PST

I'm currently having this issue with an imap account. Whenever I go to delete mail, all outlook 2007 does is put a strikethrough through the email and that's it. Is there a way to send deleted mail to the server's trash folder or another folder I can specify?

Also, for hotmail accounts, I would not like to send deleted mail to the hotmail server's trash folder because it just ends up getting deleted in 6 days or so and I'd like to keep all of the mail for backup. The reason why I like to delete them is so my inbox doesn't become so cluttered.

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heres the answer

by dipasa256 Feb 20, 2007 11:13AM PST

hey there i found ur question on this site trying to find the answer myself but i found it on the outlook web site here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100804201033.aspx?pid=CH101032781033

it works for me now so i hope this helps u out.

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Kind of what I had in mind

by yaaargh000 Feb 20, 2007 2:23PM PST

I appreciate all of the help, but I've already found that solution on the website. My intent was to somehow send deleted items (or items that I mark for deletion) to my imap server's trash folder. I don't want to permanently delete the email, just store it on the server's trash folder as a backup so that my inbox doesn't get clogged.

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Never ever ever ever..

by entrecon Feb 20, 2007 11:37PM PST

Ahhhhhh! this frustrates me.

I have had too many users come to me wondering why they can't find something they put in the trash. In the real world you would not toss a document in the wastebasket and then go digging back in there in a month and wonder why you can't find it. This is the same on the computer!

If you want to keep it..DO NOT PUT IT IN THE TRASH! In your case the server may purge the trash at a certain point. What you need to do instead is create additional folder(s) and organize your mail into those folders by dragging and dropping or by creating Rules to have items moved to folder automaticly.

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Not Possible with Outlook 2007 IMAP

by ajsansone Jan 14, 2009 10:35PM PST

It is not possible to specify the folder where messages are to be moved when deleted off of an imap server.

I do use Microsoft Entourage 2008 which is Outlook for Mac and that does include that feature which works great when you want to store deleted messages in your trash folder.

Another great tip I learned recently is if your using Gmail you should specify the root folder to be [Gmail].

Entourage lets you do more because you can specify the Sent Items folder ([Gmail]/Sent Items), Junk E-Mail folder ([Gmail/Junk E-Mail) and Trash Folder ([Gmail]/Trash).

This feature will probably be included in the next Microsoft Office Outlook.

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