Mail - Deletion of Mail e-mails

Trying to delete a number of e-mails using delete icon; the e-mails initally clear but on re-use find that the deleted e-mails are still present on the system. Any ideas on how to delete deleted e-mails!!!

Shootist007 wrote:
If it is an IMAP account Apple Mac Mail doesn't delete those emails from the providers servers (IMHO this is a Bug in Mail) so they just keep showiing up as they are still on the server. you need to go into the Webmail section of your provider and manually delete them in webmail.
Gmail does that with its "All Mail" folder, label, black hole, or whatever you want to call it.
There is a setting in the Web interface allowing you to actually delete what you deleted.
You can adjust the settings of what happens with trashed emails in the Prefs.

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When you have done that restart the device and test the issue again:
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If the issue persists, backup your device to iTunes, then restore it as new and verify that it works.
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Did you re-create your account or accounts and/or import any mailboxes from the Mail folder at Home > Library > Mail?
If not, quit the Mail.app and using the Finder go to Home > Library > Preferences.
Move the old com.apple.mail.plist file (that is just sitting on the hard drive and doesn't know where to go, ;-)) within the Preferences folder for your Home directory.
Since you launched the Mail.app after moving this com.apple.mail.plist file out of the Preferences folder, more than likely a new com.apple.mail.plist file has been created. If so, moving the old com.apple.mail.plist file back within your Preferences folder will replace the new preference file created.
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The com.apple.mail.plist file stores all account information and general Mail.app preferences.
The MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded2 file is the file that tracks messages downloaded from the server for a POP type account and your settings for removing messages from the server when downloaded. This file is located within the POP account named folder (named by the user name and incoming mail server for the account) at the first level within the Mail folder at Home > Library > Mail and if you have multiple POP type accounts created in the Mail.app, the same file name is located within each POP account named folder.
This file isn't important and can be deleted.
When removing this file from within a POP account named folder (which should be done with the Mail.app quit), a new MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded2 file will be created automatically by Mail when re-launching Mail and any messages already downloaded by this account that remain on the server will be downloaded again.
If you have selected to remove messages from the server when downloaded by the account (which is available at Mail > Preferences > Accounts under the Advanced tab for the account preferences), deleting this file will have no effect.
For future reference, you need to be careful about what you remove and from where unless you know the ramifications before doing so.

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If she hasn't been backing up with Time Machine (or a full backup which hasn't been overwritten) they are gone. Recreating the account won't being them back.
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