No files show up in the trash

Using an EMac and OS 10.3.9. Mail works fine EXCEPT the trash folder does not show files when they are placed in it either by dragging or menu choice. I repair permissions, rebuild, etc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated before I have to reinstall the system. All other aspects of Mail work correctly.

Hello Noah
In you Mail Preferences, in Accounts: Special mailboxes, Trash, there is selected to Erase delete messages when they are a certain age, then if it is set to One day old, then they will be deleted almost immediately (one day old).
Put a message in from yesterday, and you won't see it again.
You can adjust the time to be longer before they are erased from the trash if you wish, though setting it to never is a long time
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