Thread:Project:Support desk/How can I clear my New Messages?

Been awhile since I have been on here, and since the previous time the New Messages feature has appeared. And since that time, I now have over 1,200 messages there and no way of resetting / clearing that number to get rid of them. If I go to the Special:NewMessages page it takes forever to load then I get a warning about script is not responding, whether I should stop it or not. Then, using that partially loaded page, if I click on the button to mark all as read, it sits, thinks for awhile, then comes up with an error message that the server is overloaded and try again later.

What other methods do I have available to me to clear this list?