How does this work?

[Sandra Q]

Wondering: Is all the information/emails relating to a
contact "saved" and will they always show up when I
click "activities" (even if I delete them and empty the
deleted folder)? I've been afraid to lose some
correspondence and have been using action/link/item to
make sure it "sticks". I was told by a "support person"
that only Outlook 2003 has that feature and I will indeed
lose the info if I delete it. It seems like its still
there but it may be because I'm "linking" it. Can I save
myself this step and not worry about it?
..

 

[dlw]

What version of Outlook do you have? In Contacts, when
you click on Activities, nothing is "linked," all it does
is look through emails and appointments, etc. to find a
match, so if you delete those emails, etc, nothing will
come up.

 

[Sandra Q]

I have Outlook 2002. If I archive all the deletions will
it find them there? I need to keep all the emails as a
record but don't want them in my inbox forever. When
I "link" the email manually from the activities tab in
the contact, does that make it "stick"? Thanks.