How do I delete all messages in my inbox?

My inbox tells me i have 5 unread messages and there are no messages - i cannot delete them - how do i do this

• i am getting messages in my inbox but having a problem trying to solve this problem - it started with 1 and now there are 5 in my inbox that i cannot delete out and my inbox is empty and it still tells me you have 5 unread messages - anybody had this problem before ?

• Answer:

  Yahoo has been having major server issues since at LEAST last Wednesday. And the problems are not just w/Yahoo Beta or IE7; I and others not using either are having similar problems. But both do have more problems; if you're using Beta, it's still in the testing stage and has a lot of problems, so go back to original Yahoo mail, and the same w/IE7, go back to IE6 until MS irons out all the problems. I've had to use another acct.provided free by my ISP to send/rcv important e-mails since last Wed., and it's been working just fine the whole time. If you don't have another acct.w/another provider besides Yahoo, I'd strongly advise to get one; it makes a good backup in case of problems like this. Please see my posting from Fri. Jan. 12 under the heading "Anyone having problems of any kind w/Yahoo Mail, PLEASE READ THIS" for more info and on reporting problems to Yahoo. And since that original posting, they've also sent another e-mail that they've escalated the problem (or should I say problems!) to their engineering department, which is an indication of major problems, and not just a minor S/W "glitch."