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I had to restore my files from Time Machine following reinstallation of corrupted system files. The dealer who reformatted my disk created a new user account those name is different from the principal account that I used before the restore. But I restored all accounts from my Time Machine backup using the Migration Assistant, but now *I cannot see any of the messages that were stored in mailboxes "On My Mac"*. When I look at those mboxes in Time Machine, the messages are there, but I can't open them, even though I restored that account and logged in to that account; and that account is an administrator.
How can I access those messages?

If I open mail in the new acct that was created, I don't even see the boxes.
that's how it should be. Mail is set separately for different user accounts. I just wanted to check that you are accessing it from the appropriate account.
You can delete the account that the dealer set up for you. you don't need it.
Log into the restored account and go to the folder homedirectory/library/mail/mailboxes. Thre should be folders corresponding to thjose local mailboxes. open one and go to Messages. do you see the .emlx files with the messages? if no, they didn't restore properly. if the files are there you need to reindex mail.
quit Mail and delete the file homedirectory/library/mail/envelope index. start Mail and let it import (that means reindex). see if the mailboxes show up with the messages.

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