Mail being deleted when preferences are set otherwise

Hi, I run a late-2013 27-inch iMac with with OSX10.9.3. Although all my Mail preferences are set to 'never delete', periodically my entire Inbox and Sent folders get completely emptied out, every email deleted. The many emails I have in folders are untouched. I need to refer often to my sent mail and this is causing large problems as you'd imagine - as is losing my Inbox contents before I've dealt with them all. Anyone else experiencing this? Know how to avoid it? Thanks!

Yes, good question. I have several gmail accounts for my business (accounts, enquiries, mine etc). I'm not at all technically-minded when it comes to Mail accounts, if it helps with the diagnosis my incoming mail server is imap.gmail.com

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