Mail Threads

Since updating to ML I have noticed that in Mail when deleting individual emails in a thread they remain in the thread, the number changes but they are still in the thread its really confusing and annoying am i missing something here? is theer a good reason for this change?

Pep Moreno,
It seems that the solution offered above by Thomas Reed is the only one.

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1. of course gos in the sent mail folder under the account it has been sent with
2. comes into the inbox on that same account and
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I have a thread of ignorant emails that i simply can not delete from my inbox in mail.
The thread are of set of "delivery status notifications (failures)".
I can click delete and they disappear but then reappear after a short time ( i assume each time mail checks for new emails ).
I am using an IMAP account. I have tryed deleting 1 at a time, in a thread, unthreaded, dragging to trash etc etc.
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Hi
This has happened several times, so I thought it was time to see if there was a solution.
When i am writing emails, the threads build up. Which is not a problem.
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Chris-UK wrote:
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