[stylist] Outlook 2007; deleted items folder

Sat Sep 3 15:19:52 UTC 2011

Hi, Donna. 

Thanks for the tip.  

I found the empty deleted items folder option in toos as you had indicated.

Chris' suggestion about select all hadn't worked, which was what I first
tried, perhaps because the volume of the folder was so large.  

You make a good point about not deleting automatically.  In fact I
discovered the problem when I went to retrieve your tip about tab in Word.
I thought I might need that sometime.  

Have a good Labor Day weekend.  

Bill Outman 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Donna Hill
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 4:44 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Outlook 2007; deleted items folder

Bill,
I use Outlook 2003, but the choices are still there in 2007, just maybe
organized a little differently. Yes, you can select all and delete, but
there are easier ways, and you don't have to be in the Deleted items folder
to do these. 

I know of two other ways. First is that there's a "empty deleted items
folder" option under the tools menu. This is what I use. When you enter on
this option, Outlook asks if you're sure you want to permanently delete
these items, which you have to OK. It's a lot faster than using the Windows
clipboard. 

The other is to check the checkbox for "empty  the Deleted Items folder upon
exit." In 2003, this is alt t for tools, uparrow to options and shift+tab to
the "Other" tab, then tab once. 
I'm not comfortable with just allowing Outlook to empty it on exit every
time, in case I've made a mistake, so I just do it occasionally using the
first option.
HTH,

Donna 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bill Outman
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:54 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: [stylist] Outlook 2007; deleted items folder

Good day.  

I had assumed that each time I start Outlook 2007 the contents of the
deleted items folder would be gone, but obviously this isn't the case since
I have thousands of old emails stacked up there.  

Is there a keyboard sequence to delete all the folder contents without doing
each one individually or having someone do it with the mouse?  

Bill Outman 

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