Re: Quick Full Delete Option

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Nelon, DeWayne A. <dewayne.nelon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Back in the dark-days when I was a PC/Outlook user I had the ability to
> quickly deleted items form my local PC by using "Shift-Delete". This would
> actually "delete" the message rather than moving it to my "deleted" items
> folder which helped in managing my mailbox size. Is there a similar
> option/capability in Entourage?

There is if you have a script that does a full delete on the selected
message(s). Such scripts have been posted on this list many times, so
check the archives. m.


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