Calendar: Delete Non-Recurring Events Not Working

[Simon_J.A._Simpson]

Version: 2004 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Power PC Email Client: pop I have been trying to persuade Entourage 2004 (with latest update) to
delete my old non-recurring events. It won't.

So, dear friends, does it actually not work at all or can it be
persuaded to function as advertised ?
Is the fact that I am synchronising to iCal having some kind of
disabling effect (but the 'replace sync services items with Entourage'
is selected) ?

Or will I have to perform this manually with the aid of a 'Custom
View'; and then again every so often ?

All good wishes.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I have been trying to persuade Entourage 2004 (with latest update)
to delete my old non-recurring events. It won't.

So, dear friends, does it actually not work at all or can it be
persuaded to function as advertised ? Is the fact that I am
synchronising to iCal having some kind of disabling effect (but the
'replace sync services items with Entourage' is selected) ?

Or will I have to perform this manually with the aid of a 'Custom
View'; and then again every so often ?

Entourage is not designed to automatically delete your events and has
never been advertised to do any such thing.

You will need to delete them manually.

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bill

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[Simon_J.A._Simpson]

Hi Bill.

I beg to differ. Look in Preferences>Calendar. There is an option to &quot;Delete non-recurring events older than [box] [pull-down menu - days/weeks/months]&quot;.

Seems clear to me, if not to Entourage.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I beg to differ. Look in Preferences>Calendar. There is an option to
"Delete non-recurring events older than [box] [pull-down menu -
days/weeks/months]".

Apologies. I sit here corrected. Unfortunately, yours is the first post
I've seen about this not working. I don't use it myself and can't
provide any answers.

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bill

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[Simon_J.A._Simpson]

I'm just wondering whether this preference only works with Calendar events which are put in only after it has been selected - a kind of safety feature, if you see what I mean.

I am reluctant to test this in anger as it may completely b****r up my Calendar - something, which having suffered the consequences previously, I am anxious to avoid.

William, thanks for your reply. All the very best …

Simon