> Does anyone know why it would be impossible to delete e
> mail messages. I press delete and nothing happens,
> although everything else about outlook express works fine.
> Thanks
Perhaps you need to go to View > Preview Pane to disable that option
before you can delete the troublesome messages.
Alternatively, you may need to compact/rebuild the OE database...
<http://techiegrim.webhop.net/keyboard/oe5_database.html>
HTH,
Ricky