Deleting junk email

[qburt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I delete items from my junk folder, I get a "are you sure you want to delete..." pop-up window, instead of the message just going into the Deleted Items folder. It requires constant clicks going through the junk messages, and is very annoying. Is there a way I can reset so that the deleted junk messages just go into the deleted items folder, as they used to?

 

[Ed Kimball]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I delete items from my junk folder, I get a "are you sure you want to
delete..." pop-up window, instead of the message just going into the Deleted
Items folder. It requires constant clicks going through the junk messages, and
is very annoying. Is there a way I can reset so that the deleted junk messages
just go into the deleted items folder, as they used to?

The following instructions are from E 2004, but I believe they will work in
E 2008 as well:
Under Entourage>Preferences, select Notification and uncheck "Require
confirmation when deleting.

 

[qburt]

thanks, that worked perfectly to get rid of the confirmation pop-up. Curious -- in 2004 the deleted junk went into the deleted items folder (giving a chance to retrieve something that was deleted by mistake). Now they just disappear = is that the standard new functionality?

again, thanks for getting rid of this irritation!

 

[Diane Ross]

thanks, that worked perfectly to get rid of the confirmation pop-up. Curious
-- in 2004 the deleted junk went into the deleted items folder (giving a
chance to retrieve something that was deleted by mistake). Now they just
disappear = is that the standard new functionality?

Yes, this is a change in Entourage 2008. If you want the old action back,
use the script to "soft delete".

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/Soft_Delete_Junk_Mail .zi
p>

Personally, I use the Nuke Messages script when I want messages nuked
regardless of the folder they are in.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/Nuke.zip>