thanks for responding. i agree the option to delete is already there for both spam and trash using and on the unified folder. the counter on the spam folder updates correctly. the counter on the trash folder does not update. i currently have 0 emails...
the trash folder has the option to 'empty trash' from the trash folder header. with the junk folder you have to select the email account junk folder to empty it. it should function like the trash folder header. cheers.