News

Using Resume Inhaler with Outlook 2010 and IMAP

Source emails may be inadvertently being deleted by your email provider without your knowledge.

A recently discovered interaction combines Outlook 2010 with Gmail IMAP (and possibly other IMAP providers) such that Outlook is moving emails to the deleted items folder rather than the designated subfolder configured in the Inhaler. This result will in turn will synchronize to Gmail, which will then purge the item after 30 days. This mal-response to a move command from PCRecruiter does not occur in Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2013 nor all Outlook 2010 environments using IMAP.

To see if you are subject to this please a) observe that the Inhaler is moving items to the proper subfolders and/or b) check your deleted items folder in Outlook and your deleted items folder in Gmail to ensure that wanted resume emails have not been moved to those locations.

While we have no expectation that Microsoft will make any changes to Outlook 2010, there is a workaround if you find that you are subject to this issue.

To apply this workaround, open Outlook 2010 and follow these instructions:

  1. Click on the FILE tab in the upper left hand corner.
  2. Click on the Account Settings button.
  3. Find the IMAP folders entry and double click it. The following screen should appear:
    inhaler1
  4. From here, click the More Settings button in the lower right corner. The following screen will then appear:
    inhaler2
  5. Click on the Deleted Items tab, then click Mark items for deletion but do not move them automatically.
  6. Click OK/Next until all the account settings have been closed.

Suggested articles

SEEK Update and Rounded View
PCR UpdatesSoftware

New Style Options & SEEK Update

PCR 9 is getting a few end-of-year enhancements in this week’s release, including some stylistic updates as well as updates and improvements to our integration with SEEK.

Read more
Sending Recruiting Emails with Microsoft
IndustryRecruitmentSoftware

Sending Recruiting Emails with Microsoft in 2025

As mail service providers use increasingly sophisticated tools, including AI, to detect suspicious activity, and Microsoft begins placing tighter restrictions on Exchange and 365 accounts, recruiters need to be well-informed on how to reach their intended recipients without breaking the rules.

Read more
Happy New Year 2025
Video

Happy New Year from PCRecruiter!

For the 26th year, PCRecruiter extends our holiday wishes to customers, team members, and the worldwide recruiting community.

Read more

Who are PCRecruiter?

Find out more about who we and what we do.