I've got my email folders showing but how can i put back my email messages into the folders from time machine

my mac has been restored & i can see my email folders but how do i put back the saved emails from my time macine i can locate n see them but cant restore them

Csound1 wrote:
Into one of the domain accounts, or a specific mailbox in a domain account, that's your choice but:
Remember that you are moving mail over the internet, and you are uploading (slower). If the quantities are large you must use caution.
1. Copy, don't move, in the event of a failure the original will still exist, delete it later.
2. Limit copies to <500 emails
3. Single copy operations are more reliable than multiple.
Take your time.
Thanks, but impractical. Many of the folders have more than 500 emails. Total is about 2 GB (which I have free on iCloud btw)
I tried creating a folder "Archive" in my iCloud, then tried dragging one iMac folder into the new "iCloud > Archive" folder on my iMac. I got the error message:
Some items could not be created:
The IMAP command “CREATE” failed with server error: Invalid mailbox name.

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