Deleting mail from the server - not working properly

Hello all,
I usually remove all spam from the mail server as soon as it comes in to avoid it arriving in all our office mailboxes.
Since upgrading to Leopard, I've run into some hickups.
After going to apple-i, I select the spam messages, click on 'delete from server', confirm this in the pop-up window... after which nothing happens. While I should get an updated list of messages on the server, and a new number and size of messages in the bottom left corner.
I sometimes have to repeat the procedure two or more times before the selected messages are deleted.
Anyone else having the same problem?
Lianne

No-one experiencing the same problem??

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