Hi, Peter.
Good question!
I don't know that specific answer. I usually delete them as soon as I've
verified that they are, in fact, junk. Too much chance that they are worse
than junk and are carrying malware of some kind, so the sooner I can get
them off my machine, the better I like it.
But I have left some known-benign ones there for several weeks, so I don't
think that WLM ever deletes them without being told to.
Deleted Items is different in that we can set WLM to "Empty messages from
the 'Deleted Items' folder on exit". (Tools | Options | Advanced |
Maintenance tab) I checked this box long ago, so anything I delete from
Junk or any other folder stays in Deleted Items just until I close this
session of WLM, then disappears forever. (It may go to the Recycle Bin, but
I don't recall that for sure.) Without this setting, they stay in Deleted
Items until we specifically delete them again from there, so you could dig
out one you deleted last year if you find you need it.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
"Peter Dryton" <Peter Dryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When an email is detected as junk and moves automatically to the junk
> folder,
> how many days does it remain in the junk folder before it is automatically
> deleted, or is it? Do I have to go in and manually delete it? Thanks.