Outlook Express

[Mrs. R.]

I have 2 email accounts in Outlook Express, one of which is AOL.  In my AOL "inbox" I have 3 deleted messages that I am unable to remove because I receive an error message stating " Outlook Express is unable to retrieve the requested message because the server no longer has the message available."
Does anyone know how I can remove them?
Thanks!!

[rsout]

Try highlighting the message you want to remove and hitting delete on your keyboard.

[Mrs. R.]

My messages show that they are deleted (line running through them), but I'm unable to remove them from my inbox.

[patio]

Send them to the Trash folder and see if you can then delete them///

[Mrs. R.]

I'm afraid I haven't given sufficient details.  Here's the problem.  I receive mail from my Verizon and AOL accounts through Outlook Express 6.  I have no problem with the Verizon inbox.  However, with SOME messages coming across the AOL account (not all), I receive a message stating that they are no longer available through the server.  I have deleted them and they now have a line running across them.  However, when I try to purge the deleted messages (my only option), nothing happens.  I even tried to move them to a new folder hoping I could delete them that way, but then the program doesn't respond and I have to end task  I hate to think that I'm going to have to look at these old messages for YEARS!!