Sorry Jonathan, I'm talking about Outlook 2003 :-) A clarification please. If "Purge items while switching folders while online" is checked, then deleted messages will be permanently deleted once I move away from my inbox. Have I got that right? In any rate, Going into Email Accounts>Change Account>More Settings gives me four pages, General, Outgoing Server, Connection and Advanced. Nothing about deleted items I could find. As far I can tell, I explored all options areas in Outlook 2003 but could not find any settings for deleted items/purge messages. Damn Microsoft, where have they hidden it! Thanks for your help. Amro -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Sent: 24 April 2010 7:50 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: IMAP accounts and deleted messages Well, the answer is "yes", but how we get there depends on which email client you use! Your headers suggest it is Outlook 11. If it's anything like my current version, you go to: Account settings, then select the account you want, then select "change account", then select "more settings", then select the "deleted items" tab, and tick the last box on that tab which is called "Purge items while switching folders while online". That should give you the result you want. On 24 April 2010 02:02, Amro Bilal <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've just started using IMAP email accounts. When I delete a message > it stays in my inbox until it's purged and thus permanently gone. I > don't like it this way. -- Providing support to Britain's 500 talking newspaper services http://www.talking-newspapers.co.uk/ ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5056 (20100424) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq