I'm not sure if the way I use the message inbox is similar to how others use it, but there's a few quick suggestions in regards to my approach that I feel would be useful.

First, how I use it: I typically will archive important messages until I get around 40-50 or so; at which point, I save out the box as HTML on a local machine so that they are saved, then delete all the entries to start anew. When new messages come in, I delete most of the fluff from the cb nodelet, then use the Message Inbox node to archive those that I do want to keep.

Now, the suggestions I have are these:

• Add a "Delete all" button to the bottom of the page, where there is currently just 'Submit'. This deletes all messages without having to actively set each one.
• Add a "Delete Above" (or better name) button just after the list of unarchived messages; this will delete all un-archived messages
• Add a "Archive Above" in the same place, which will archive all unarchived messages.

Probably very simple changes, but useful nonetheless.

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