Technical node name: DeleteDef

A delete action deletes items from an Exchange store.

Warning: This action type is capable of deleting Exchange items without an error message or ability to restore them if it is used incorrectly. It is highly recommended to only use a delete action in the default secure mode.

Secure mode means that before any item can be deleted, ELOxc looks for the item in the repository based on the item GUID. If the item is not found, no deletion will occur.

Element: Select Item or Attachment. Item is selected by default, which deletes the entire item on the Exchange store. Select Attachment if you only want to delete the item's attachments.

Secure: Select this option to require ELOxc to locate the Exchange item in ELO before any deletion can occur. With this option, even if the item is only assigned a deletion marker and has not been physically deleted from the repository, ELOxc will prevent an item from being deleted.

Element filter: This setting is only available by selecting Advanced. The element filter lets you further filter items to be deleted. This optional setting allows you to filter the name or subject line of the Exchange item before it is deleted. For example, you may determine that only attachments with a certain extension (like MP4 or DWG) may be deleted, e-mail messages with [CONFIDENTIAL] in the subject line, and so on.

You may define any number of element filters for a delete action.

Element filter attributes

Mode: Select between Simple, Regex, Constant, and Field name. These options affect the type of filter constructed by the Pattern field below.

Simple: Enter a plain text string to the Pattern field as a filter. You may use * and ? as wildcards. A simple pattern is converted internally to a regular expression by ELOxc.

Regex: Enter a regular expression to the Pattern field as a filter.

Constant: Enter a text string to the Pattern field as a filter. This mode type does not support wildcards.

Field name: Enter a field name to the Pattern field as a filter. Exchange items without this tag will be filtered out.

Options: If you selected the Regex mode for the filter, you may select from a number of options for the expression. These options are listed under the MatchModeType simple type in the ELOxc Technical Reference.

Pattern: Enter the filter pattern for the element filter here. The type of entry you make to this field depends on what you selected in the Mode field.

Requirements: The delete action does not require any specific settings.