How do I remove messages from my Inbox that have already been removed from the server and are “stuck” in my WinCE inbox (Palm-size PC and HPC)?
(A:) Follow these steps: On the device, move the items from the Deleted Items folder to the Inbox folder. On the device, create a new temporary folder. On the device, move the items that you undeleted in Step 1 from the Inbox folder to the new folder. Synchronize the device with the desktop PC. Highlight the new temporary folder and press delete. Respond “Yes” to permanently delete folder. It works like this: CE downloads your email, but it leaves a copy on the server (even if you tell it not to). When you delete the email, it goes into the DELETED ITEMS folder. When you EMPTY the DELETED ITEMS folder, it tries to connect to the server and purge your email account of the email that you are telling it to delete. When it can’t find it (because it’s been downloaded and deleted by your main PC), you get an error. I’m sure there must have been some reason for MS to think this was useful, but I can’t figure out why… 🙂 You can find more info out here: http://support.microsoft.com/support/
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