How+to...delete+email+messges+permanently

Emails accumulate in Trash or Deleted Items folders unless a setting is changed to delete those files permanently upon exiting the program. Click OUTLOOK EXPRESS> click TOOLS menu>Click OPTIONS> click MAINTENANCE Tab> Check “Empty Messages from ‘Deleted Items’ on Exit”> click OK (This deletes all items from Deleted Items folder each time you close Outlook Express.) In the Tools menu click ACCOUNT SETTINGS**>** click SERVER SETTINGS (top of left column)**>** Check EMPTY TRASH ON EXIT> click OK. This deletes all emails from the Trash folder each time you close Thunderbird.
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