Mail - My Sent Files Disappear

Not sure why, but my Apple Mail sent emails disappear.
Please know that I use two campus exchange accounts and my primary/personal account sent emails all disappear. My other exchange account is fine.
This has been happening since Lion 10.7, and have had to go back to Office 2011 Outlook.
With the Upgrade? to 10.7.2, I was hoping that this issue would be fixed, and has NOT been fixed.
If this helps, This does happen more often while on the campus network and not that much while at home.
Any suggestions?
Thx Much

Assaf,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Try rebuilding the "Sent" mailbox.
Click on the "Sent" mailbox and select Mailbox>Rebuild.
;~)

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