Empty ALL my Deleted Items folders when I exit

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PC_Guy

I want to empty ALL of my Deleted Items folders when I exit Outlook 2000 -
not just the one in my Mailbox. I use several sets of personal folders and I
seem to have to clean out the Deleted Items folders manually. Is there a way
to do that automatically?
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

PC_Guy said:
I want to empty ALL of my Deleted Items folders when I exit Outlook
2000 - not just the one in my Mailbox. I use several sets of
personal folders and I seem to have to clean out the Deleted Items
folders manually. Is there a way to do that automatically?
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No, and if you have multiple PST files in your profile, when you delete
items from anywhere they should all be going into your main/primary PST
file's Deleted Items folder anyway.
 
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Dave Patterson

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"I want to empty ALL of my Deleted Items folders when I exit Outlook 2000 -
not just the one in my Mailbox. I use several sets of personal folders and I
seem to have to clean out the Deleted Items folders manually. Is there a way
to do that automatically?"



I agree with LanWench: The answer is no. However, LanWench stated that all
deleted items should be going to only one Deleted Items folder, which
unfortunately isn't true.

Items deleted from one set of Personal Folders will always go to that
Personal Folders' "Deleted Items," rather than a common one. Personal
Folders (*.pst) files communicate via Outlook only manually (user
interaction), and do not interact with any other *.pst files, by design. In
order for them to interact with each other, they would have to have a
user-manageable setting that stated something along the lines of, "When items
are deleted from this folder, they should be removed to 'Deleted Items' in
____________ folder instead."

(Note: When you create a new set of Personal Folders, you'll notice that
the first subfolder is always "Deleted Items." *.pst files always operate
independently of each other.)

Regards,
Dave Patterson
Senior Technician
Doctor Virus
www.doctorvirus.com
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Dave said:
:

"I want to empty ALL of my Deleted Items folders when I exit Outlook
2000 - not just the one in my Mailbox. I use several sets of
personal folders and I seem to have to clean out the Deleted Items
folders manually. Is there a way to do that automatically?"



I agree with LanWench: The answer is no. However, LanWench stated
that all deleted items should be going to only one Deleted Items
folder, which unfortunately isn't true.
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Ah, you're right. Sorry, I was trying to go from memory here - I don't use
PST files, and what I describe is true if you're using Exchange mailboxes.
Sorry for misinformation.
 
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Brian Tillman

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
No, and if you have multiple PST files in your profile, when you
delete items from anywhere they should all be going into your
main/primary PST file's Deleted Items folder anyway.
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My experimentation shows that they go the the Deleted Items folder of the
PST from which they were deleted. I just tried it, with Outlook 2003 and
Exchange as my delivery location. I created a separate PST, put a few
messages in it, deleted those messages, and examined the Deleted Items
folders. The one containing the deleted items was the one in the PST.
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Brian said:
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
No, and if you have multiple PST files in your profile, when you
delete items from anywhere they should all be going into your
main/primary PST file's Deleted Items folder anyway.
Click to expand...

My experimentation shows that they go the the Deleted Items folder of
the PST from which they were deleted. I just tried it, with Outlook
2003 and Exchange as my delivery location. I created a separate PST,
put a few messages in it, deleted those messages, and examined the
Deleted Items folders. The one containing the deleted items was the
one in the PST.
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Yep - see my groveling apology/correction to the other reply.
 
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