Limiting / deleting messages

I've found that if i get too many messages then the whole messaging app keels over. Seems strange there's no way to place a limit on the amount of messages it'l retain. Is there an app that'l allow me to delete messages either over a certain number or time period? Or is there another messaging app i can use that'l do this?
Nokia N8 on Belle

Depending upon your device you may be able to set a limit to the no. of SENT messages but not the received ones. That you need to do manually.

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