Outbox won't delete 1 mail

Hi
I have an email in my outbox which, when I open mail, a window pops up and says: "Cannot send mail. You did not specify any recipients."
In my outbox, the mail does have an address and also an attachment. The body of the message says, in grey - "this message has no content." I believe the attachment is a photo from Evernote.
If I open the mail - it says "This message has not been Downloaded from the server." I can not move it into the Trash or any other folder. So there it will stay - ad infinitum - or I get the 3G.
It doesn't affect my mail - it's just a small pain in the neck - that I'd like gone. My iPhone is updated.
Hope you can help.
Thanks,
Joanee

Your mail account sounds like it is having issues.
I'd try
1) Settings > Airplane Mode > on
2) Mail > Ok > hold home button 12 seconds to force the mail to stop running in the background.
3) Mail > Ok > try to kill the offending message (it shouldn't be trying to escape your grasp if there is no network to crawl onto)
4) Settings > Airplane Mode > off
Still being bad?
5) Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
6) Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings (loses pairings and wifi password)
Still being bad?
Remove All accounts and add a new one.
Still being bad?
restore the iPhone and set it up as new (sometimes you just can't get to bad data)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1737

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