Can't restore Junk Mail using Time Machine

As I was executing the command "delete junk mail" I noticed some files in there that I never saw, and then they disappeared. I tried restoring them using Time Machine but the Junk Mail folder is greyed out. All the other folders are recoverable, but not Junk. Can anybody help?

I see the same thing - junk mailboxes are grayed out in TM. However, the actual mailbox folders in finder are backed up. in finder go to homedirectory/library/mail and look for junk mailbox folders inside your account folders. start TM while in there and recover the messages you need.

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