Apple Mail: Contacts marked as junk; blocked mail goes to Deleted

So, I have 2 problems with Apple Mail.

1. I am getting some of my mail from senders in my contacts and approved marked as **Junk** in the title even though they aren't junk and don't go into the Junk folder. And I can't seem to prevent them from being marked as Junk. I have settings that exempt mail from junk if they are in my contacts.
2. I have blocked senders that are spam and they go into "Deleted" mail but not into the trash, so they aren't automatically erased when I empty the trash, and I can't find a "deleted" folder in my accounts. I would like blocked senders just to go into the trash. I have in settings, "move blocked mail to trash"