Messages are present but I can't see them

Something happened that has affected one of my POP mail accounts. I was doing something (not sure what) and suddenly, all of the messages that were stored in the mailbox disappeared. Vanished. At the same time, an "arrow" appeared just to the left of the mailbox name, similar to the arrow that sits just to the left of global "Inbox." The arrow suggests there are subsidiary folders in the affected mailbox. When I click the arrow, it rotates 90 degrees (points down), but I still can't see my missing mail or other folders. Equally puzzling is that as new messages arrive for that mail account, the "new messages" counter next to the mailbox name increases as it should, but I still can't see the messages. Bottom line, messages are in there someplace -- I just can't seem to find them. Any suggestions on how to repair this problem?

Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/ account folder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

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