Dragging file to trash, warns of deletion

At my job as a graphic artist, we have new 24" iMacs with Leopard. We have a server. When dragging to the trash a file I no longer need from a shared folder, I get a dialog warning me that the file will be deleted immediately. Why can't I have the file remain in the trash until I want to empty it? This only seems to happen with files from shared folder, not for files from my computer directly where it stays in the trash as normal until I wish to empty it. My workaround is to have a "Shared Trash" folder on the desktop for the files I'm done with, but don't wish to delete yet.

Because when you're deleting the file on the server you're deleting it directly on the server. In order for it to go to your trash it would first have to be copied to your local Mac and the be put in the trash...which isn't very efficient.
This is the way all network shares (drives) work. Both in Windows and on OSX. It's just the nature of the beast.
Only files on that are stored on your computer will make it to trash.

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