IMAP works mostly the same in 2007 as it does in older versions with a few
improvements, like it now has the ability to purge automatically on folder
change.

No you can't purge by age. Most people who like to keep purged items use a
hide deleted view to get them out of sight.

It needs to resync the folders when you open them - you could try working
offline and see if it helps (I don't think it will).


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"EastAsia" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2007, beta.

There are some things that I am not quite comfortable with IMAP and was
wondering if some could share their experiences...

Deleting items:
I understand that IMAP doesn't naturally move deleted items to a deleted
or
trash folder because it uses more bandwidth. So... How do you all handle
deleted items?

Basically, my issue is this. I like to delete things then hold them until
about 30 days after they were recieved. This is just in case I need that
email again. But, everything after 30 days, I want to purge.

It seems to me that IMAP clients only like to purge all for deleted,
rather
than have a system for only purging a select subset of emails based on a
date... Anyone following me?

Can you perge individual messages, or just purge all marked for deletion?

Speed:
At least in Outlook 2007 and previous versions of outlook I have noticed a
speed issue with the client, particularly as it seeks to query the folder
each time you click on it. The client hangs as it waits for the new
information to be downloaded from the imap server... Is it possible to
have
it just query the folder during the "Send and Recieve" ?

Thanks in advance.

/CL