TS3276 Problem deleting messages in Mail

Using a hotmail account on iMac in Mail. I get this error message:
The message "name of message" could not be moved to the mailbox "Trash--Hotmail". "3541.emix" couldn't be copied to messages because an item with the same name exists.
Very much appreciate your knowledge in clearing this up. Thank you!

Hi rkheinrich,
If you are having issues deleting messages from Mail in Mavericks, you may want to try Rebuilding and Reindexing your mailboxes, as outlined in the following articles:
Mail (Mavericks): Rebuild mailboxes
Mail (Mavericks): Reindex messages
Regards,
- Brenden

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