Mac Mail keeps moving deleted emails back into inbox

How to stop Mail from moving deleted messages back to inbox?

I've had the same problem for several months. I can't archive emails to the archive folder. They keep moving back into the inbox. I have to keep moving them several times before they stay put.

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    If I have helped you in any way click the Kudos button to say Thanks.
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        0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff91b4b50c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
        1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8c9a176e objc_exception_throw + 43
        2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff91b4b2ea +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 106
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        7   Mail                                0x00007fff8d70f677 -[MFMessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:er ror:] + 142
        8   Mail                                0x00007fff8d70f731 -[MFMessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:forMove:] + 133
        9   Mail                                0x00007fff8d70f7e2 -[MFMessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:flagsToSet:] + 124
        10  Mail                                0x00007fff8d70f91b -[MFMessageStore appendMessages:unsuccessfulOnes:newMessageIDs:newMessages:] + 103
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        1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8c9a176e objc_exception_throw + 43
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        29  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff863c8637 _pthread_wqthread + 729
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    Do a backup.
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