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Windows XP - Outlook Express

Purge Deleted Messages Automatically

SUMMARY: Configure Outlook Express to automatically removed deleted messages when you exit the software.

When you delete messages, such as e-mail messages, in Outlook Express in Windows XP, the messages normally are not deleted immediately but placed in a "Deleted Items" folder.

As this folder can quickly take a lot of hard drive space if you remove messages from a large Inbox, Outlook Express can be configured to automatically remove the contents of this folder every time you exit the software.

1. Click the "Tools" menu, selecting "Options".

2. The "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears. Click the "Maintenance" tab.

3. Underneath "Cleaning up Messages", check "Empty messages from the 'Deleted Items' folder on exit".



Automatically have the 'Deleted Items' folder in Outlook Express purged upon exiting the software



4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

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