Mail disappears from Inbox

Email that had been downloaded and was visible/readable in my inbox all of a sudden disappears - Subject is visible, but body of message is empty with an italicized msg:
"The message from ___________ concerning “________” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it."
The account HAD been taken online, the mail (in most cases) had been downloaded from the server, and was read-able previously.
When I quit and reboot, sometimes it will all reappear, but sometimes it will not. Even when I installed Tiger, the problem is persisting.
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   using Mail

Amar,
Welcome to the Discussions.
We will likely need much more information about this report, but first, sort your Inbox on Message Number, rather than Date. If the Date you are displaying, and sorting on, is the Date Sent, and the sending computer's date is wrongly set, they could be far down in your Inbox. If you do not display message number in your Inbox, click on View in the Menubar, place your cursor on Columns and choose Number.
If this speculation is not the situation, please tell us the history of your mailboxes -- did they exist when running Panther, and get converted?
More info, please.
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5, iBook, and QS G4 867   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

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