Welcome to iPhoneForums, GA787!
The other thread you started on the same topic has been deleted. Also, the post about your iPhone has been edited, because it mentioned the same problem. Besides fragmenting the conversation and making it hard to follow, duplicate posts and threads are against our rules.
Please keep any discussion of your problem to this thread.
Also, provide more information, so we'll be able to help you:
Which software is installed on your device, which email account shows this behaviour, since when does this happen, and is it a POP or an IMAP account, and what did you try to get it back to normal?
Thanks for your response and suggestions. I apologize for the sloppy posts, etc. I've only had the iPhone a couple of months and am still fumbling. I guess my mail software is Outlook (like my computer), but I don't see that icon and don't know how to verify. I only have one email account and it is IMAP.
Things I've tried:
1. deleting the account and starting over (3 times)
2. Shutting off iCloud (made no difference)
3. Switching from "Fetch" to "Push" (made no difference)
4. In "advanced settings" I set to remove deleted messages "after one day" (instead of 1 week)
5. I tried "Use SSL" both on and off (made no difference... It's now set to "off.")
6. Under "MOVE DISCARDED MESSAGES INTO", "Deleted Mailbox" is currently checked. The only alternative is "archive mailbox" and that doesn't seem right.
7. Under the category "Deleted mailbox"-- "ON MY IPHONE" "Trash" is checked -- Only alternative is "Notes" "ON SERVER" & that doesn't seem right.
Obviously, I don't know what I'm doing, but I've tried everything I can think of. The folks at Verizon Wireless have also tried several things, and nothing has helped. They even suggested wiping my iPhone clean and starting over, but I hope I don't have to do that. Sometimes the emails seem to delete properly, but then, after a few hours or a day, they return."
Thanks again for your response! I sincerely appreciate anything you can do to help!