Mail disappears out of only óne mailbox

I have an iMac and use OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). From time to time almost all the mail disappears just out of óne mailbox.
Thanks to Time Machine I can restore the content of the box.
I want to know how it can happen. I also want to know how to prevent this trouble.

Try rebuilding the mailbox. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.
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Laura Kaiser wrote:
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