Binnig Ghost E-Mails

Hi
I seem to be getting a number of ghost e-mails with NO SENDER, NO SUBJECT and under that it says THIS MESSAGE HAS NO CONTENT. how do I din these e-mails they are not on my main computer only on the iPad and they will not high light so I can't delete.
Ta

Delete the account from the Ipad then readd it.

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[email protected] Anyone can post to it; it's an unmoderated
list. You can subscribe by sending a message to [email protected] In the message place the single line
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