How view junk email folder list without viewing first item?

Before I empty the combined junkmail folder, I scroll up and down the list to see if anything should be saved. However, when I click on the junkmail folder, emClient is automatically selecting the first email - which causes links to be invoked, exactly what I don’t want to do with most junkmail. How can I view the junkmail list without selecting any message?

There is no option to not load the first message on upon the folder yet, but you can vote for it to be added on our Sleekplan here:

You can also turn off the message detail via Menu → View → Layout → Messages pannel off