Mail usability issue -- message list positioning

I'm loving the iPad, but noticed a slight usability issue while reading my email today. Would be great if Apple would consider changing it in future updates.
Whenever I open the mail app, the right pane shows the most recent message I had open last time I was using it (that's good), but the left pane scrolls down and shows that message hilighted. I would prefer if the left pane stayed at the top of the list.
Consider the following scenario:
1) I go home from work at 5:00PM and sit down to play with my iPad.
2) I hear that familiar tone letting me know that I just got an email from my work account.
3) Open up the email, lament my co-worker's stupidity, go back to playing some video games.
4) The next day I get several hundred emails, answer them on my desktop email client.
5) Go home at 5:00 to play with my iPad.
6) New email
*7) have to scroll through all those emails I got during the day before I can select the new one.*
It's a minor annoyance, but still an annoyance.

Thanks for the tip. I never saw Rebuild before in the menu.
So I selected the mailbox and hit Rebuild. It "blinked" and refreshed, took about 5 seconds--I thought it would take longer.
At any rate, no change. It's still happening.
Any other ideas?

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