HT2954 Mail inbox created but no file folders

Can anybody help me?

WARNING
Having thought I'd got this sorted I now have a big problem.
By using the IMAP settings on Yahoo website for 'mobile devices' I did manage to sync all mail folder with MBP. However, following this, on Monday I then noticed that I only had 50 emails in my Inbox out of over 5000. I checked my Yahoo account via web and the inbox there also only had the last 50 emails. Over 3 years worth of emails had somehow been deleted! Disaster. I had only just bought MBP and new backup disk had not then arrived so I had no local backup.
I contacted Yahoo on Tuesday morning and they instigated their recovery procedure. No joy. They also insisted that they only support POP for mail clients and not IMAP. Obviously they do support IMAP for phones and as my iPhone pulls down 50 emails at a time I guess what I have done was to use settings only intended for phones and this has somehow caused the rest of my Inbox to get wiped at Yahoo. Interestingly I do still have full Sent Items and Drafts folders. Yahoo rep was not very helpful and was unable to confirm exactly what had happened.
I do not hold out any hope now but as, prior to deleting the emails, I did at one point download all of them onto MBP Mail before subsequently deleting them, I thought it might be worth trying to run Data Recovery 3 to see if it finds anything on the MBP. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.
So - to anyone reading this thread and looking to fully sync Yahoo Mail - you can't. It is only a POP account and will sync Inbox only.
Do not apply their IMAP mobile device settings or you will lose your emails.

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