can't empty inbox

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msboc

I'm working from a new computer with Vista. I have att.yahoo as one of my
mail servers. It's sent all its mail to the Windows Mail inbox. This means I
have over 1400 pieces of mail. I want to empty the folder and/or delete all
the messages without having to do them one at a time. But when I right click
on the folder, the delete option is grayed out.

Please help.

Thanks.
 
If you right-click on the folder, the context menu offers Delete, but that
Delete if for the folder. If you want to delete the messages *inside*
the folder, open the folder, click in the message list pane, do Ctrl-A
(Select All), then press the Delete key or click on the Delete button.

Incidentally, you cannot delete system-created folders like the Inbox,
which is why that option was grayed out.
 
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