IPhone Mail won't delete messages

My iPhone 4 is showing several e-mails sent in 1969 by No Sender, and I can't delete them! They are multiplying! Help!

I still don't know the source of the problem, but after many deletions of the message in question, which persisted in my Inbox, I tried re-booting the iPhone.  This removed it from the Inbox, and I also was able to remove it from Trash.  FYI.

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