How do I delete synchronized email from my Pocket PC?

Email synchronization is designed to keep the Pocket PC Inbox and Outlook Inbox the same, so when you delete an email from the Pocket PC it will be deleted on the desktop, and that is by design. Unfortunately, you can't just move the email from the default Inbox to another folder because ActiveSync will still keep the email on your Pocket PC. There are two things that you can do. One is that you can configure Outlook to archive email more frequently. Archiving moves the email from the default Outlook data store to an Archive data store which is a separate file. To configure Archiving right-click the Inbox folder, select Properties, and then the AutoArchive tab. 

Another thing that you can do is create a separate Outlook data file (a pst file) and move email from Inbox to that file. In Outlook click File, New, Outlook Data File. I created a file named Saved Email and then I drag and drop email that I want to save but delete from my Pocket PC to that file.

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