Draft messages not in draft box...

Hi all,
Greetings from northwest Spain.
Some strange goings-on with mail recently... draft messages are showing up in the Draft box in terms of a bold number, but clicking on the box they aren't there. Are they saved? Aren't they? How can I restore seeing them in the actual Draft box?
Thanks in advance for all help.

You're welcome.
In that case, this should be an easy fix. If your OS detail provided is accurate - 10.3.9, using the Finder go to Home > Library > Mail > this POP account named folder (named by the user name and incoming mail server for the account).
Within a POP account named folder with Jaguar or Panther Mail should be mailboxes (mbox files) with an .mbox extension, a MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded file and no folders.
Confirm there is a Drafts.mbox file and not a Drafts named folder. If a folder, quit Mail first and change the name of this folder to Drafts.mbox or add the .mbox extension.
Launch Mail and this should resolve the problem.

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