Can I Modify Mail Delete & Purge Controls?

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My Outlook 07 w/BCM is linked to my AOL e-mail account, and Outlook has setup
a Folder in the name of my AOL e-mail address. In order to "permanently
delete" an e-mail I need to first Delete it (putting a line thru the e-mail
title) and then go back and Purge it. While this is a minor pain for mail in
my Inbox, Saved & Sent folders, all I ever want to do with mail in Spam
folder is a one-step purge. Also, if I click on the Spam folder, Outlook
"opens/shows me" the first piece of spam mail on the list. Since AOL does a
great job of sifting out the spam, why would I want to automatically "see"
any of it?

So, looking for help/guidance and here's my questions:
- Is there a way to set some type of option to have the Purge mail function
work without first Deleting the mail?
- Only the Delete command appears on the pop-up menu when you right mouse on
a list of e-mails. Is there a way for me to add the Select All and Purge
commands to the right mouse click pop up menu? (The way it is now, for me to
permanently delete all my Spam mail, I have to select Edit, Select All, Edit,
Delete, Edit, Purge .... bizarre!).
- Is there a way to have Outlook just show me a list of e-mails in a folder
and NOT "open/show me" the content of an e-mail unless I double click it on
the list? This is especially true for mail in the Spam folder, which I
typically don't want to see.

Thanks,
Rick
 
My Outlook 07 w/BCM is linked to my AOL e-mail account, and Outlook has setup
a Folder in the name of my AOL e-mail address.  In order to "permanently
delete" an e-mail I need to first Delete it (putting a line thru the e-mail
title) and then go back and Purge it.  While this is a minor pain for mail in
my Inbox, Saved & Sent folders, all I ever want to do with mail in Spam
folder is a one-step purge.  Also, if I click on the Spam folder, Outlook
"opens/shows me" the first piece of spam mail on the list.  Since AOL does a
great job of sifting out the spam, why would I want to automatically "see"
any of it?

So, looking for help/guidance and here's my questions:
- Is there a way to set some type of option to have the Purge mail function
work without first Deleting the mail?
- Only the Delete command appears on the pop-up menu when you right mouse on
a list of e-mails.  Is there a way for me to add the Select All and Purge
commands to the right mouse click pop up menu?  (The way it is now, for me to
permanently delete all my Spam mail, I have to select Edit, Select All, Edit,
Delete, Edit, Purge .... bizarre!).
- Is there a way to have Outlook just show me a list of e-mails in a folder
and NOT "open/show me" the content of an e-mail unless I double click it on
the list?  This is especially true for mail in the Spam folder, which I
typically don't want to see.

Thanks,
Rick
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For Outlook questions, you may have better luck in the
microsoft.public.outlook group. BCM does not alter Outlook's mail
features.

I do know that holding down Ctrl while deleting an item deletes it
immediately, instead of sending it to the Deleted Items folder.
 
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