Mail not displaying emails

I bought a MacBook Pro June 14th, 2012. When I open Mail I can only see one weeks worth of email though I know I have email going back at least two years. Yesterday I was able to see email going back to July 7th, today I can only see email going back to the 9th. It's like it's just gone! When I open Mail on my iMac I can see all the email that I know I should have. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks guy. I think I figured out the problem. On my iMac mail I have "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message -After one week-." checked. I have changed this to "One month", but is there a way I can keep the emails on my MacBook from being deleted at the same time as they are on the server? I want the e-mail to just stay unil I delete it. I used the e-mail verification link you posted and everything was setup right.
Again, thanks for all your help. Hope you can help a little bit more!

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