Trouble Reading Sent Mail

Hi There,
When I try to read my sent mail on my computer @ work (20" iMac G5 2GHz; OS X 10.3.9), I see the following message instead of the email I sent:
The message has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.
Trouble is that the account is online when I get the message. Also, I've got the prference set to delete messages from my ISP's server once they're downloaded.
If I quit Mail & re-open it, I can read one sent mail but have to quit again & re-open Mail again to read another.
Any help is appreciated.

Hello Zach -
Something here might help
Overstuffed Mailbox
or here
Overstuffed Mailbox - Allan Sampson
or here
Overstuffed Mailbox - Discussion Thread
Good luck
srb

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Problem Reading Sent Mail

Hi There,
When I try to read my sent mail on my computer @ work (20" iMac G5 2GHz; OS X 10.3.9), I see the following message instead of the email I sent:
+The message has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.+
Trouble is that the account is online when I get the message. Also, I've got the prference set to delete messages from my ISP's server once they're downloaded.
If I quit Mail & re-open it, I can read one sent mail but have to quit again & re-open Mail again to read another.
Any help is appreciated.

You'll probably get a more informed answer if you post in the [Panther Mail|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=740] section of Discussions.
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I've same problem on Mac OS 10.2 system. Only in sent mail box.
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Thanks, Mr. Razmee, for a rapid response.
A little history:
In PC days I had resident e-mail on my PC from local phone company server. They sold us out to Google. Then I cancelled that accoiunt and got new iPhones for myself and my wife.
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You have unset the record variable.

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Not to worry ..solved it myself:
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Good night, and good luck!
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By 'MAILBOXES' I meant the heading(s) down the left column of Mail, which read MAILBOXES, ON MY MAC, RSS, etcetera.
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My mail is with AOL. Quite often these days I have trouble using Apple Mail. Wondering if it's AOL's problem or something wrong with my computer, or if it's my cable internet provider (Time Warner Cable - which tests at 20/1.75 Mb/sec)
Sent messages occasionally take FOREVER to send (regular text - no attachments). The transfer speed goes from very low to zero. The second problem is that occasionally sent messages don't show up in my sent folder. Most of the time it's these messages that take forever that don't show up. They don't show up in my sent folder at aol.com either. As if they never existed. Yet I do know that they are actually being sent and delivered.
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Mail does not let me view messages that I have sent - almost immediately after I've sent them. In Prefs I've checked the appropriate boxes to make sure sent mail stays on server, etc....but now i get the message
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I am supposing you are using Metro Mail app in Windows 8.1.
The mail account you are using to logon this computer (connected Live ID) which is cannot be removed from mail app.
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