Bill Stecher wrote: >which freezes the program when I single-click >on it, so that I can't trash it.
A trick that works for me is to select more than one message at the same time.
(1) Select a message--any message but the problem one.
Hold down the shift key and select the problem message.
Now delete.
Or........
(2) Drag a selection rectangle around the problem message
and its neighbor. Then delete.
Richard Hart

