Sent Messages deleted?

I had nearly two years' worth of sent messages saved in Mail. Today I noticed that all of them up to about two days ago were gone. They are still on the server, but they have, for some reason, disappeared from the Mail app, which is really frustrating because the online email client isn't nice and searchable like a computer.
Is this a problem of Mail or the account type or what? I deleted the account and re-added it to no avail (I'd done this a few times in the past since getting my Mac, and the Sent items have always replenished themselves). What should I do?

Neil,
Welcome to the Discussions.
This is issue, as you are experiencing it, and with the message about not being downloaded, is a result of an indexing problem. You need to use Rebuild on the Sent mailbox. If more than one account, open the Sent mailbox for each separate account. Click on Mailbox in the menubar, and choose Rebuild.
Wait patiently for Mail to complete the Rebuild (which is rebuilding the index) and be aware that briefly all messages will disappear, before reappearing. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/10047.html
The comment about fast internet connection would really only apply to IMAP style accounts.
Btw, what version of OSX are you running? You have posted in the forum for Mail in Leopard, but your info says you are running 10.3 (Panther)?
Ernie
Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

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