Duplicate copies of read email in Inbox

Saw some similar issues in the discussion archives, but nothing quite like this, so I'm looking for help.
Whenever I start Mail -- or when clicking from another Mail folder to my Inbox -- four identical duplicate copies of an email appear. (Don't think it's important, but the message is a cannot-deliver-message email from a postmaster account).
I can delete these emails (and they stay in the Mail trash), but the next time I click on my Inbox, they're back. They're not coming from my POP server -- I don't leave messages there, and this happens even if Mail is offline.
I don't see how any of my Mail rules could be causing this.
Any other suggestions? Please??!?

Make sure first that the messages have indeed been removed from the server. Choose Get Info (⌘I) from the Action menu (gear icon) located below the mailboxes list in the main Mail window. Does Mail display there the messages that keep reappearing?
If the messages have been removed from the server, you may be able to get rid of them in Mail doing Edit > Cut (⌘X).

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