Mail in Mountain Lion - not deleting emails

Hi
i have Mountain Lion and have noticed by emails from an exchange server are not deleting.  I cannot move them to trash - an error appears.  I have deleted the account and re-submitted.
This occassionally happened in Lion but now my inbox is getting overwhelmed with items to delete
thanks, Julian.

I think I might have solved it myself!!  I did two things almost at the same time and it has solved my problem - i am just not sure which did it.
- I deleted some emails - reduced the size of my mailbox which is large.
- I select Rebuild from the Mailbox menu option.
One of those did it!
Good luck,

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