Deleting junk mail from junk mail folder

[David Rocah]

I love Entourage 2004's junk mail filter, which captures virtually all of my
junk mail. But I'd like to know if there's a way to delete all of the
messages that are quickly filling up my junk mail folder without them ending
up in the deleted items folder. I sometimes want to search the latter
folder for something I inadvertently deleted, and I'd rather it didn't get
filled up with junk mail messages, which I have no desire to keep in any
form. Is there a way to bypass the deleted items folder? Or a script that
permanently deletes all the junk mail in that folder?

Thanks,

David

 

[aRKay]

I love Entourage 2004's junk mail filter, which captures virtually all of my
junk mail. But I'd like to know if there's a way to delete all of the
messages that are quickly filling up my junk mail folder without them ending
up in the deleted items folder. I sometimes want to search the latter
folder for something I inadvertently deleted, and I'd rather it didn't get
filled up with junk mail messages, which I have no desire to keep in any
form. Is there a way to bypass the deleted items folder? Or a script that
permanently deletes all the junk mail in that folder?

Thanks,

David

I flush my junk mail all the time. The trick is to first select one
item then you can Select All (Cmd-A) and use the Delete button. If you
fail to select one the Select All is dimmed and will not work.

I hope this answers your question.

aRKay

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi David,

I think it's a shame that Microsoft forgot to include a "Empty Junk Mail
Folder" entry in Entourage's contextual menu, but that's not important right
now. I'd recommend using a schedule to automatically and periodically delete
your junk mail. Go to Tools>Run Schedules>Edit Schedule and create a new
schedule. Set an occurrence interval, and define "Delete Junk Mail" from
"Junk E-Mail" older than xx days" as the corresponding action. Enable this
schedule, and Entourage will automatically empty the folder at a given time.
Note the potential danger with this schedule: it will delete every item in
the Junk E-mail folder, including valid messages that were accidentally
classified as junk. Consider this when specifying the frequency and the
amount of days in your schedule.

I love Entourage 2004's junk mail filter, which captures virtually all of my
junk mail. But I'd like to know if there's a way to delete all of the
messages that are quickly filling up my junk mail folder without them ending
up in the deleted items folder. I sometimes want to search the latter
folder for something I inadvertently deleted, and I'd rather it didn't get
filled up with junk mail messages, which I have no desire to keep in any
form. Is there a way to bypass the deleted items folder? Or a script that
permanently deletes all the junk mail in that folder?

Thanks,

David

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Diane Ross]

I love Entourage 2004's junk mail filter, which captures virtually all of my
junk mail. But I'd like to know if there's a way to delete all of the
messages that are quickly filling up my junk mail folder without them ending
up in the deleted items folder. I sometimes want to search the latter
folder for something I inadvertently deleted, and I'd rather it didn't get
filled up with junk mail messages, which I have no desire to keep in any
form. Is there a way to bypass the deleted items folder? Or a script that
permanently deletes all the junk mail in that folder?

I use a script called "Nuke Messages" by Philip Kearney. Assign a shortcut
to the script and it's easy to delete selected messages for permanent
deletion. There is no way to retrieve messages deleted this way so be
careful when using.

http://www.avernus.com/~phil/OEFilez/Nuke_Messages_Erage.hqx

See "Add Keyboard Shortcuts" to assign a shortcut to a script.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>