Mail constantly "replacing" deleted outbox messages

One of my sons tried to send messages to his hotmail account from my ibook. This seems to be causing spinning disk syndrome. When I try to delete the messages from the outbox they keep getting replaced. Mail crashes sometimes but not others, but always I get the spinning disk on opening. I always have to force quit to turn off the computer.
Any takers?

The messages which seemed to be causing the problems are in the "Delivered" box. Initially I got the spinning disk again, but have now been able to delete them without them returning. Should I delete the "Delivered" box?
Well, normally there's a 'sent' box where messages that have been sent are placed. If this 'delivered' folder is just a folder then yes.
My default mail account is no longer there in mail preferences. Can I easily restore this (I couldn't find the tab for adding an account)? Before I do, does this all sound...hunky dory?
If you click on the name 'Mail' in the menu bar and choose preferences/accounts you can add a new account and enter the information you used to set up with.
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I have setup Apple Mail as an IMAP account, and on the iphone Active Synch Exchange for the same account. I tried to switch the Apple Mail account to an exchange IMAP account, and it made no difference. Any ideas on how to address this problem - it is really annoying to have to delete the same message twice? Thanks!

Hi ernie,
Thanks for the help. As for the mailbox preferce I have it set on move deleted to seperate folder (one week old).
Here's the strange part - i have 1 email, only 1 email that will not delete and that's in my inbox, now when i click on view "Show Deleted Message" is greyed out..
http://i25.tinypic.com/33mx1et.png
I also have 1 email and only 1 email in my outbox that will not delete and when i click on view it shows "Show Deleted message".
http://i29.tinypic.com/xaw27d.png
so what do you think the problem may be?
-Joey

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I dare not ask how you managed to delete all your Sent messages; the answer may be too painful to bear. In any case, try this:
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Triple-click the line below to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
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Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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/M

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Ok - maybe I am confusing my 'All Mail' folders with my acutal memory. But here is why I think there is a problem:
My google apps says:
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Yes, it was definitely within Cyrus. The Apple interfaces are pretty and all but they didn't even get close to helping me solve this easily.
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