OE is never going to see any changes like that since Windows Mail in Vista
will get all the attention from now on.

Do not keep messages in your Inbox. Read them and if you want to keep the,
move them to a user created folder, which you should do anyway.

When nothing is left in your Inbox that you want, uncheck the Preview Pane,
and click on one message header. Ctrl+A will highlight them all and then you
can use the Delete button to remove them.

See these links for more help:

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

Controlling Junk Mail in Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../junkmail.mspx

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules

General precautions for Outlook Express:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"L..." wrote in message
...
Due to a large amount of SPAM that gets by filters and rules, could MS
come up with a short-cut (button) that would throw all unopened/unread
and/or unviewed e-mails from your inbox folder to your deleted items
folder?
Similar to the right click on deleted items folder to delete all e-mails.

Please don't tell me that has already been done and I've missed it.