Question about Outlook Express

I see two posts and one response but the response did not resolve the issue.  

I can see my inbox and all the categories in text aligned left, but I cannot access either the Junk file to block a sender, or the inbox to read my email or the sent file area.  I also cannot delete or move anything.

I followed the link in the response and set my security level to https and now I feel much better that Hotmail ignores me in a more secure manner.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.