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moving items to private folder

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CRFSwitch

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Jun 28, 2002
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Does anyone know how I could configure Outlook so that when I "move" a message to a private folder it would be permanently removed from my Inbox?

By default, it appears to do this on my local machine only. However, when I view the same Inbox on a second machine configured to the same email account, the message still appears in the Inbox! It would appear that the only thing I can get to "synchronize" between the two machines is the read/unread message status.

I can accomplish the part of the above by copying the desired message to a "private" folder, deleting the message from the Inbox and then deleting the message from the Deleted Items.... a couple of extra steps.

Thanks for any suggestions!
 
Using exchange server? one computer could be set to leave messages on the server.
 
You may have Outlook configured to leave your email on the mail server. If so, you would get it when you download to your Inbox on the second machine. You'll get the mail again.

In Outlook, select Tools > Accounts > your account name > Properties >Advanced Look at Delivery near the bottom. Make sure that Leave a copy of messages on server is not checked. After the next time you receive mail in your first machine's Inbox, logon to your second machine and see if the problem is resolved.
 
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