Mail/gmail sent messages

I've been using Mail and Gmail for about 6 months with no problems. 4 days ago, however, Mail stopped saving sent messages. The message headers are in the sent box, but when I click on them I get the message "The message from Chris Watson <[email protected]> concerning “well Hello” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it." The account is online, and the messages were sent from my computer and not the webmail version of Gmail. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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