delete messages

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markp

I would appreciate some help to something that is bugging me. When I
delete a message it obviously goes to the delete folder where i have to
delete it again. In outlook , if you use the shift and delete together
it avoids the delete folder and saves the step. Is there a similar
combination of keystrokes to permananetely delte a message from the
inbox in Entourage (Mac). I get hundreds of messages a day and to
have to delete them twice is not a good use of time. I appreciate any
help in this area. Thanks in advance.
 
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Michel Bintener

Hi,
I'm not aware of any keystroke combination to do this, but here are two
suggestions:
a) you can ctrl-click on your Deleted Items folder and click on "Empty
Deleted Items" (but you probably know that already)
b) you can set up a schedule to empty your deleted items at regular
intervals (such as every minute, which, though it isn't the same thing as
deleting the message immediately, should be a usable alternative).

Michel
 
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markp

Thanks Michel, I do need to save some of the messages and do already
have a schedule for deletions. I just figured that there would be a
keystroke similar to what they use in Outlook. I have tried several
alternatives with no sccess. I appreciate your reply and have a great
day
 
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Barry Wainwright

There's another option...

Save this script:

Tell app "Microsoft Entourage"
Set theMessages to current messages
Try
Delete themessages
Delete themessages
End try
End tell

Save the script as a compiled script & put it in the ŒEntourage Script Menu
Items¹ folder in your ŒMicrosoft User Data¹ folder. The script can be
manually run from the menu or called as an action in a mail rule.


This will kill the selected messages, deleting them from the deleted items
folder - one caveat - it will only work for messages saved in local folders,
not for IMAP or Exchange.

See the Entourage help for details of how to assign a keyboard command to a
script.
 
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