Re: Message Delete Won't Work
- From: "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:01:28 -0700
That option only removes the messages, but leaves the message headers. If that is what you are experiencing, it is normal behavior.
There are many options for deleting messages, but all are manual.
You can create a message such as this:
Tools>Message Rules>News.
Box 1: Where the message was sent more than days ago
Box 2: Delete it
Box 3: Click on "Days" and choose the # of days you want.
Name the rule.
*NOTE* This will not delete messages automatically. You have to go to Tools>Message
Rules>News, and click Apply Now when you want to do this. Also, you will be given a choice of which newsgroup, or news server, to delete from after you click Apply Now.
If you want to delete a selection of messages, but not the first or last, click on the last message you want to delete, scroll up as far as you want to delete messages, hold down the Shift key and click on that message. This will highlight the messages in blue. Hit the Delete key.
If you want to delete every message after a certain one, click on the newest message you want deleted. Hold Ctrl+Shift and tap the End key, then Delete.
If you want to delete all messages in a newsgroup, highlight any message - Hold Ctrl & A and tap Delete.
If you want to delete sporadically spaced messages, hold the Ctrl key while you click on each one to highlight and then use the Delete key.
Any way you do it, follow up by compacting all your folders *manually* while working offline, and in Outlook Express at the top of the Folder Tree.
File>Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar).
File>Folder>Compact all folders.
In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck: Compact messages in background. {N/A if running XP-SP2}.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
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"Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eLG8KJ2eGHA.3484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I switched to a new PC last week, and for some reason the Message Delete option under Tools --> Options --> Maintenance has stopped working.
Compacting doesn't help either, nor does writing a message rule.
I did notice that in transferring settings and files from the old to the new PC, not everything made it across (sig. files etc), but I made sure to copy all settings manually. Still no joy.
Any help out there for this? I tried Google and the relevant newsgroups, and so far haven't found a solution for this. It's getting to be a tad bothersome ....
TIA,
Alex W.
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