How to restore User's mailboxes, POP3's etc...?

hello
i'm a pc guy who's trying desperately to help a low-tech mac user to find
some lost mail settings. she was using the computer under an ex-user's
name, so a while back we used the sytem-cd re-boot options to change the
main user-name to her name (log on name), and to nuke the password, which
was a nusiance at log on.
well, under her new user id, she lost all her iTunes music and all her email
stuff. seems now that Mail wants to start a-fresh and set up new pop-3
accounts. Oddly enough, under LIBRARAY > MAIL in her user id name, all the
files seem intact, including the "plist" files, folders and MBOX data for
each mail account.
is there any way of "restoring" this stuff, so it can be accessed again?
we're using OSX 10.4.11 on a powerpc g4 laptop.
thanks for any assistance with this issue!
Gb

Hi Garbie, and a warm welcome to the forums!
so a while back we used the sytem-cd re-boot options to change the
main user-name to her name (log on name), and to nuke the password, which
was a nusiance at log on.
How did you change the Username? IIRC you can't do that from Install CD/DVD, just the Password.
If you changed the Shortname in the Finder, see these...
Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854
ChangeShortName 10.4 only...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16620

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