Sounds like you're using an IMAP mail server. You've got to purge deleted
items for them to go away completely. There's a command for that (Purge
Deleted Messages) on the Edit menu when you're viewing the IMAP mailbox

"Budman650" wrote in message
...
When i try to delete the email in outlooks--I get a line thru it and it
goes
to a lighter color but it stays.