It seems like ctrl-E for expunge deletes the items. Look at this post from 2003
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-applications/786-ximian- evolution.html -- Growing use of disk space from Evolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228260 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs