Issue Deleting Mail

Hi All,
I have an iphone 3gs with 3.1.3 and many times i get an error when deleting mail that says "Unable To Move Message, The message could not be moved to mailbox trash".
I have read about putting iphone into flight mode then deleting it but that worked once and i get the error again.
Can someone please help with this error?
Cheers

Is this an IMAP or Exchange account? I will occasionally get that error when I'm trying to delete mail in my Exchange account. What it generally means is the phone cannot communicate with the server, thus it will not delete the mail. It could be for any number of reasons, and I can get it while on the cellular network as well as wifi. I just leave the mail there and try to delete it later and everything works.
The airplane mode trick only works with POP accounts, and generally just when you get an error sending a mail. That way you can open the Mail app without it connecting to the server and getting locked in the send cycle again.

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