Previously downloaded message becomes undownloaded?

Hi,
I had checked my mail earlier today around 10:00 a.m. and then I wanted to refer back to a certain message later that day around 8:00 p.m. and it gave me a blank screen that read "+This message has not been downloaded from the server.+" But I had already viewed it before, so does it like "un-download" or what? This doesn't happen to all of my messages, only some of them. Can anyone help me? Thank you!

It sounds like you're using a POP account. Do you also check this account from another computer or device? Some mail clients and devices will download messages and remove them from the server, making them unavailable to other devices (like your iPhone).
If it's a POP account, does your provider also offer IMAP support? IMAP often gives better performance when accessed from multiple devices or clients.
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Quit Mail first and using the Finder go to Home >
Library > Mail > this POP account named folder (named
by the user name and incoming mail server for the
account) > MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded.
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empty the Trash.
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