Automatically purge deleted items in IMAP account?

[Vincenzo]

I've set up an IMAP account in Outlook 2003 and find that deleted items are not removed, only shown crossed out, until I go to Edit>Purge.

Is there a way to make this more automatic?

Would they ever go away if I did not manually purge them?

Thanks

[JoeP517]

See post #4 in this thread http://windowssecrets.com/forums/sho...l=1#post829464.

Joe

[Vincenzo]

Thanks Joe.
I've since been reading a bit on IMAP, not sure if the advantages are worth it for me.
But I definately do not like this behavior on deleted items.
From what I can tell, IMAP emails do not go into a Deleted Items folder? They are either left in your Inbox crossed-out or they are permanently gone after purging?