Chris, I beg to differ that "all programs are the same". The "wonderful" AOL does NOT have filtering capabilities. :-( But that doesn't bother me - yet. Perhaps janet has fallen upon a "gold mine" for many. Bonnie In a message dated 8/31/99 11:10:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > To make handling the mail volume, I haven't seen this method posted, so > for you that don't know how to sort your mail: > > I have Netscape, but all programs are the same, just that labels are > changed some. > > In your mail window, select View/Sort/By Subject. Then use the Shift > key and the mouse to select subjects you do not care to read. Then > delete. > > Chris > >