Can't Move email to Trash since 10.6.3 update

I can't delete SOME of my emails in mail.app since I upgraded to 10.6.3. When I try to delete the email a copy of it gets moved to trash, and a copy of it stays in my inbox with an error message that says " The message 'xxxxx' could not be moved to mailbox "Trash - Gmail". The operation could not be completed. The file exists. I am using Google Gmail as my email in mail.app. I have rebooted from the 10.6 DVD and repaired disk/permissions. I have also rebuilt my mailboxes with Onyx. Any other suggestions? My inbox is quickly filling up since I can't delete anything...
Thanks -

I clicked on the Trash-Gmail, and inbox folder, selected mailbox --> rebuild. This fixed the issue and I can now delete my messages. I found it at mac fix it.
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