How to fix a corrupt mail account

Symptom: I select a message in a 'sent' folder. The item is correct in the list view, but the actual message that comes up is an unrelated very old one. The list and the detail view are disconnected. Randomly, things get crossed up and I can't see a message I just sent.
I rebuild mailbox, and old messages get new dates. New messages disappear.
Questions:
Is there a better fix than rebuilding?
Is there a way to prevent this?

Since you've already rebuilt the mailboxes, there is only one other troubleshooting step I can think of and that is to delete Mail's preference file - Note: you will need to set up Mail again from scratch. You might want to take screenshots of all your account windows so you can easily copy server entries and other information if necessary when setting it up again. It does not delete any of your emails.
To delete the .plist file, quit Mail. Go to Users -> Library -> Preferences and throw the following in the trash: com.apple.Mail.plist.
Restart Mac.
Open Mail and go through account setup.
Hopefully it now works as it should.

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