Mail 7.0 continually re-enables "Store deleted messages on server"

I have to say that I am beyond frustrated with the way Mail 7.0 keeps checking the box to "Store deleted messages on server" for my outlook.com IMAP email account. I have searched for hours on the web for a solution and nothing has worked for me.
The effect of this is when I delete a message in the Mail app on my MacBook Pro, the message remains on the server and appears Mail on my other IOS devices (IPhone, IPad) and in other email application (Outlook 2011). However, deleting a message on another IOS device, via another email application or through the web works as expected.
-I have unchecked the "Store deleted messages on server" box and it magically checks itself again
-I have deleted and added the outlook.com account back to Mail
-I have deleted the com.apple.mail.plist file
-I have scoured the outlook.com settings on the website for a solution to no avail
Does anyone know what the h*** is going on and why Mail keeps changing this setting back?

One problem jumps out at me right away, when you close your folder, you specify false, change this to true and that should delete all the messages on the server that were marked as DELETE:
in the last few lines, change:
folder.close(false);
to:
folder.close(true);
you will still need to use:
message.setFlag(Flags.Flag.DELETED,true);
to set the flag of the messages you wish to delete.

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