Mac Mail has gone bonkers!

Hello everyone,
My macbook pro v.10.7.5 mail is having some major tantrums.
Firstly it won't let me delete any of my mail in eith of my accounts (home & uni)
I get the following message:
"The IMAP command “UID COPY” (to Deleted Messages) failed for the mailbox “INBOX” with server error: Error copying message(s)."
This only started yesterday - have searched and searched for some answers but only seem to find a lot of other people having the same issue.
Secondly my mac now won't let me receive any mail. I send (and hear the familiar 'swoosh' sound) but can not SEE my sent items (they do not come up in the sent box) and having tried to email myself i now can not receive any mail (having also tried to sign up to a site and waiting for a confirmation email, which has yet to arrive)
I'm about to go a little mad as I am in desperate need of my mail to work properly - as I'm sure everyone who is experiencing problems is!
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
On-the-verge-of-madness-mac-user
PRK.

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In Finder under the "Go" menu, select "Go To Folder..." and enter:
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