Can't delete specific messages from my inbox

I have about 40 e-mails stuck in my inbox, which I just can't delete. I move them to trash, select to delete them, but they always reappear in my inbox whenever I re-login to Mail, or when I move to another folder, and then back to my inbox - they always come back!
All these messages that are 'stuck' in my inbox are "mail delivery system" bounced-back mails, returned mails from a big mailout I did. I have tried everything I can think of, and just can't get rid of them. There have been about 18 mails stuck there for about 5 months now, and today - after doing another big mailout - I have about 40 more that I can't get rid of!
Please help!! It's driving me mad!

After MUCH searcing through this forum, I finally found the answer to my own question - and it has WORKED!!!
I paste from another discussion:
"You may be able to get rid of those messages in Mail doing Edit > Cut (⌘X) (for best results do it with one message or just a few at a time), but you may need to remove them from the server first. Does this account allow web access?"
All it took was using the CUT function (from the edit menu list), rather than using 'delete' or dragging them to the trash. They are gone, and it seems to be permenant this time!!
WOHOOOO.

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