Mail - how to delete 1 of many legitimate 'duplicate' emails?

I have my mail client ('mail') configured to receive mail directed to multiple email addresses ([email protected], [email protected], etc) and often receive the exact same email messages to each account. This is intentional for a host of reason that matter to me.
Prior to moving to Lion, I would receive and see both messages in my inbox. Now I see only 1 however the the opened mesasge indicates there is 1 duplicate. Other devices (blackberry) and mail readers (Thunderbird) see each message as an individual message.
How can I *easily* delete both messages -- or -- how can I *easily* delete the duplilcate and retain one?
I've searched everywhere for an answer and while many people report problems with 'errornous duplicate' messages - the ones I have are actual legitimate dups - I just want to easily manage them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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I have my mail client ('mail') configured to receive mail directed to multiple email addresses ([email protected], [email protected], etc) and often receive the exact same email messages to each account. This is intentional for a host of reason that matter to me.
Prior to moving to Lion, I would receive and see both messages in my inbox. Now I see only 1 however the the opened mesasge indicates there is 1 duplicate. Other devices (blackberry) and mail readers (Thunderbird) see each message as an individual message.
How can I *easily* delete both messages -- or -- how can I *easily* delete the duplilcate and retain one?
I've searched everywhere for an answer and while many people report problems with 'errornous duplicate' messages - the ones I have are actual legitimate dups - I just want to easily manage them. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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