Deleted undeliverable mail keeps coming back to the inbox!

Today I sent out an email to about 100 people. When I try to delete the 30 messages that came back as undeliverable messages they simply return to the inbox, instead of being permanently deleted from the trash. Any ideas?

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 should remove them from the server first if they’re still there.
What type of mail account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)? Does it allow web access? If not, you may find the Account Info window useful to solve this problem — choose Get Info (⌘I) from the Action menu (gear icon) located below the mailboxes list in the main Mail window.

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