Disappearing & Reappearing Mail

All of a sudden, my mails (in the mailboxes and otherwise) are there and, the next moment, they are gone. Then they come back. My MAIL app. doesn't want to quit, I need to use the Force Quit. When I check the mailboxes in the MAIL folder (library), they are all there. MAIL app. doesn't want to send mails either. When I go to the Webmail (.Mac), the received messages are there.
What gives ? This has never happend to me before and I use MAIL app. all the time.
Would appreciate any advice. Seems like a corruption of some kind ?

Hi Ernie
Thanks for the link, I've had a read of the article and can report the following files and sizes found within home/library/mail/mailboxes :
Content_index 44KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 15.6MB (Message 15.7MB)
Tableofcontents 8KB
Content_index 108KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 0KB (Message 0KB)
Tableofcontents 12KB
Content_index 12KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 7.9MB (Message 8MB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
[The next four relate to DRAFTS]
Content_index 8KB
Mbox 0KB (Message 0KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Content_index 8KB
Mbox 0KB (Message 0KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Content_index 8KB
Info.plist 8KB
Mbox 0KB (Message 8KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Content_index 8KB
Mbox 0KB (Message 0KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Content_index 20KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 60KB (Message 68KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Content_index 84KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 3.4MB (Message 292KB)
Tableofcontents 12KB
[ONE OF MY IMAP ACCOUNTS]
Content_index 128KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 23.6MB (Message 23.7MB)
Tableofcontents 12KB
[NEXT FOUR ARE SENT MESSAGES]
[ONE OF MY IMAP ACCOUNTS]
Content_index 444KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 55MB (Message 85MB)
Tableofcontents 60KB
[.MAC ACCOUNT]
Content_index 984KB
Incoming_Mail 8KB
Incoming…Contents 4KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 114.6MB (Message 152.3MB)
Tableofcontents 132KB
[ONE OF MY IMAP ACCOUNTS]
Content_index 160KB
Incoming_Mail 4KB
Incoming…Contents 4KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 9.3MB (Message 29.8MB)
Tableofcontents 16KB
[ONE OF MY IMAP ACCOUNTS]
Content_index 56KB
Info.plist 4KB
Mbox 48KB (Message 236KB)
Tableofcontents 4KB
Does this shed any light on it for you?
Phil

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