Losing preferences in Mail

Everytime I close Mail, I lose my preference settings.. eg Rules, Signatures...
Does anybody have a fix for this?
I will also add I'm using OS10.8.2 (Couldn't find a forum for it)

While the Mac is generally more secure than Windows, the preview pane viewing is not recommended for other reasons than just security. It may take extra time to view a message with an inlined attachment. At least if you do use the preview pane, turn off loading images in message in the mail preferences to avoid that problem. Spam can also show off nasty pictures that way, and you can tell if a message has an attachment before opening it by adding the attachment column with the control-mouse click on the column heading. It will show a paperclip in that column if an attachment is present.

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