Deleting E-mail

The hardest part about deleting e-mail is deciding that it's a good idea. Keep your mail long enough to reply to it and refer back to it if necessary. Of course, once you start receiving junk e-mail, you’ll be happy you know how to delete it.

How to do it

1.     Highlight the message description that you want to delete. If you have just finished reading the        message, then it is already highlighted.

2.     Click the DELETE button

Permanently Deleting Deleted Items

Deleted items aren’t really gone. They are actually stored in a folder called Deleted Items. It’s very safe to delete messages because you can go back read deleted items, forward them, or reply to them.

Periodically, you should get rid of your deleted messages -- permanently. How often you do that is entirely up to you. I know some people who have NEVER gotten rid of their deleted e-mail. Others like to tidy up on a daily basis. Somewhere between these two extremes will probably be right for you.

Since this process will get rid of your deleted items permanently, your computer will double-check to make sure this is really what you want to do. Be brave. Click YES.