Help! Mail Compaction Error - Lost Messages

I had too many e-mails in my inbox and was selectively deleting e-mails. I got a message about a "compaction" error, and when my e-mail restarted, I had gone from 5,000 messages to 75.
I need to keep many of the lost messages -- that's why I was selectively deleting them. This happened to me once before a year or two ago, and I know there's a way to get those messages back -- but I can't find my notes.
Help! What do I do?

Hello Emily.
The folder it created contained a folder called
"split_mailboxes" but nothing ever appeared in there.
What did appear were files called "Sent Messages-0001",
"Sent Messages-0002" etc...
I believe these files are the parts into which the script breaks the troublesome mbox file within the Sent Messages.mbox package. They are in the same mbox format, just named differently, and are to be imported into Mail using the Other data format option. I believe the script should do this automatically, but apparently it didn't for some reason.
In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Other as the data format, and follow the instructions to import all these files. You'll have to select the folder that contains the files, rather than the files themselves, when telling Mail what to import.

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Yesterday I started getting a compaction error from Mail when I tried to delete large portions of the Inbox. Although I could delete a few emails at a time and then quit. they were back after the next compaction. Today I tried to troubleshoot it, and I think I made it worse. Note: I was unaware of the "Rebuild" mailbox option.
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Thanks for the response. Sorry that was so confusing.
I found the "instructions to import the old mailboxes from the original POP account named folder moved to the Desktop" in another thread, and I'll be darned if I can find that thread again today.
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had to shut down due to time constrictions, sorry for pushing the need for help, but I was desperate to recover vital lost messages. I tried everything suggested in the Mail help records and past discussion posts. At this point (next morning) my mail is still lost.
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HELP! URGENT! lost email messages!
Posted: Jan 21, 2007 6:29 PM
I started, two days ago, receiving four of each message coming to me. I just looked at my accounts and saw two of my primary account (POP.ipa.net is the Incoming mail server), I'd never seen the second one before, so I deleted it.
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