Unable to view sent mail

When I try to view some (but not all) of my sent mail I get this message:
The message from (User) concerning (Subject) has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it.
The account in question IS online, and the message HAS been downloaded!
Anybody got any ideas?
ed
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Ed,
Welcome to the Discussions.
If you are running 10.3.9, as your Profile reports, then your Sent mailbox is most likely Overstuffed -- see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121837
If you have upgraded to Tiger, but not updated your Profile, please inform us of that, as there will be another approach to solving the problem causing this message.
Ask any questions, or advice, needed. It may be critical to know how large the mbox file in the Package of the Sent Messages.mbox actually is, since some could be large enough to require a different methodology to resolve.
Ernie

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