Re: Deleted folder

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You should be getting a warning message when you attempt to delete a
folder. You don't get that when you delete a folder.


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Gordon" <gordonlr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> For the second time in a few weeks, I inadvertently deleted an
> entire folder in Outlook Express 6 when I intended to delete only
> an offending SPAM message. I know...acted without adequate
> thinking...annoyance response...what ever.
>
> Is there any way to set a given folder such that it can not be
> inadvertently deleted? I know the Inbox, Outbox, and some others
> are set this way, but I can not find means for setting any of the
> other folders such as to keep me from inadvertently deleting the
> whole folder.


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