Permanent delete

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Simmons, Alex

A few of us in our office are trying to move from a Windows to a Mac
environment. We have installed Entourage 2004 and have liked it.

One feature that we have not been able to find in Entourage that is in
Outlook is the ability to permanently delete an item rather than just have
it sent on deletion to the Deleted Items Folder. In Outlook you do this by
holding down the shift key when you delete an item. Is there a way in
Entourage 2004 to delete messages on a permanent basis bypassing the route
to the deleted items folder?

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

ASimmons
 
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Dave Cortright

A few of us in our office are trying to move from a Windows to a Mac
environment. We have installed Entourage 2004 and have liked it.

One feature that we have not been able to find in Entourage that is in
Outlook is the ability to permanently delete an item rather than just have
it sent on deletion to the Deleted Items Folder. In Outlook you do this by
holding down the shift key when you delete an item. Is there a way in
Entourage 2004 to delete messages on a permanent basis bypassing the route
to the deleted items folder?

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

ASimmons
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I use this AppleScript:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set cm to current messages
repeat with msg in cm
delete msg
try
delete msg
end try
end repeat
end tell
 
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Simmons, Alex

Thanks, Dave. Sounds like it is not a built in key stroke like in Outlook,
so I am particularly grateful that you supplied the script. I don't know
much about the AppleScripts yet. (Perhaps you can assign a hotkey to a
script?) But I will give this a try over the weekend.

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond.

Much obliged,

ASimmons
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Thanks, Dave. Sounds like it is not a built in key stroke like in Outlook,
so I am particularly grateful that you supplied the script. I don't know
much about the AppleScripts yet. (Perhaps you can assign a hotkey to a
script?) But I will give this a try over the weekend.
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Yes, you can. Check the Entourage Help: "About the script menu".

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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