All of he email messages on my Iphone 4 and my wifes Iphone 3gs mysteriously were deleted this morning.  Why?

When I checked email this morning, 4/18/2011, all of my saved email messages were gone.  I checked my wifes 3GS this evening, and the same thing had happened.  We both use Comcast email.  Any idea why this happened?

What is the account type - POP or IMAP?
Sounds like the account is a POP accout is the sent messages are not available.
If so, what is the account setting with the email client used on your computer for accessing the account for removing messages from the server after being downloaded by the email client?
If the email client on your computer is removing messages from the server after being downloaded, the messages will be removed from your iPhone as well since the messages are no longer available on the server.
Although it is possible to access a POP account with more than one email client, a POP account is designed to be accessed with a single email client only.

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