Can't move messages in Mail Inbox to Trash

When I try to empty my unwanted Inbox messages into Trash I get the following window opening in Apple Mail:
“6593.emlx” couldn’t be copied to “Messages” because an item with the same name already exists.
The same applies whether I go for Select All or try to get rid of individual or smaller nos of messages.
Any ideas, please?

I got around this problem like this:
Preferences --> Accounts --> (select mail account that is giving you the delete-mail problem) --> Mailbox Behaviors tab (within selected email account) --> uncheck box for "Move deleted messages to Trash mailbox."
While this procedure re-allows you to delete messages, they vanish instead of heading to the Trash folder, for later deletion (or un-deletion).

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