Open Next Message in Mac Mail

When faced with a long list of mail messages to read I would like to read the message and then move to the next without having close the message and double click on the next. I have hundreds of messages to review and am looking to streamline my activity.
This facility was available in MS Outlook Express and I am sure there must be something I am not doing right.
MichaelQ

Carolyn,
that is not Michael was asking for: I switched over to a MacBook some eight months ago and have been very satisfied with it after having used PC:s for about 30 years. These are awesome, and then some. However, having also used Outlook for a number of years, I've been conditioned to the functionality Michael described above: it is most convenient to maximize a single message window in Outlook and having read it, just click on the next message arrow, without having to 1. close window, 2. select next, 3. open it... you get the picture. Seems to be missing form Apple Mail, I'm afraid...
Regards
Juha

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