Deleted emails sometimes reappear, sometimes stay on server

This may have been covered, but I could not find it via searching here. I have POP email and I have it set to remove from server when I delete on the iPhone. But sometimes they reappear after I delete them and check for new mail. Not all the time, but sometimes. And sometimes they do not get deleted from the server and I see them when I get back to my Mac and check email.
Anybody have any words of wisdom on this or confirmation?

Nathan,
If your exchange server is set up to "never delete", your emails will stay. However, I have found that if I empty my "deleted mail" folder, they do not show back up in my inbox.
Try this.....hopefully it works for you.

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