Outlook 2003 Cleaning out the Deleted Folder

[Bill McCarty]

I have set up an e-mail address on a laptop that i leave running 24/7
I have set the rules for this e-mail address to move all incoming e-mails to
a specific folder on my server and then to move the e-mail to the Delete
Folder
I set the Archive ruld to Delete everythign in the Deleted forlder every day
But so far it's not deleting anything. I need this to happen automatically
i don't want to do a weekly maintence to delete everything.

Does anyone have a solution to this problem

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Not quite sure what archive rule means so I'll opt to mean that you set
auto-archive settings. Just so you know, you have to check two places to
ensure auto-archive does its job.

1) Global options are are at Tools > Options > Other tab > Archive (make
sure engine is one and set to an every "x" day pattern you desire)

2) Right click on the folder in question and select properties. Go to the
AutoArchive tab and set the options you desire here.

Just so you know, the archive engine only runs once a day. So if you leave
Outlook running 24/7, the engine should run shortly after midnight and the
user interface is idle.