Delete mail without using trash bin

In many mail apps I can hit shift-delete and messages will be deleted without sending a copy to the trash-bin. This was always a great way to delete junk mail easily without it cluttering up trash.
Old forum posts suggest Command-X used to do this in Apple mail, but it doesn't work for me now (1/7/2015). Is there a way to enable or activate this feature so I can just permanently delete emails without saving a copy of it anywhere? Please note, I'm trying to do this directly from the inbox, I know that I can delete things permanently from trash, that is not what I'm trying to do.
Thanks for any help!

I don't care for any of the changes in OSX, & it only gets worse the further up you go.
But are you saying Right Click or control + click doesn't give you a Delete option, seems there's no way to stop it showing, but very curious why somebody would want to do this???
I can Right click here on an unread eMail & select Delete without it showing... are you Right clicking before selecting it?

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