.Mac mail disappearing after while. (It is not set to.)

I have the latest updates to Tiger and Mail.
That's the case. Mail from .Mac seems to be disappearing after while. I have it set up to store messages on the server (both sent and deleted). I started having a sneaking suspicion when I would go to check for mail that I had previously sent or deleted and couldn't find any of it. Stuff that I KNEW should be there. It appears like Mail is deleting messages that are a month old—even though I have it set to never do this. Any ideas? I would like to stop losing my mail, or not be forced to store it all on my Mac for viewing to prevent it from being lost on the server.
Is there some other setting besides in Mail. Maybe one on .Mac itself? Because I did not find it.
Thanks for any help.

FYI - you posted in the Mac OS X v10.3 & earlier Mail & Address Book discussions.
Have you confirmed settings at Mail > Preferences > Accounts under the Mailbox Behaviors tab for the account preferences?

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