I lost a Mail folder stored on the .Mac server: Now how do I restore it?

With the new .Mac Mail put in place today, I somehow deleted a mail folder stored on the server. Fortunately, I just backed up this file last night.
Specifically, I backed it up by click-dragging all the mail stored on the Mail .Mac server to my desktop. That desktop file reads: Mac-username
Inside that desktop file, virtually all the mailboxes end with .imapmbox
Problem is, I can't figure out how to restore this folder. I tried turning Mail off and inserting the desktop backup copy into Library/Mail, etc., then restarting, but the one missing folder does not reappear on the server!
Perhaps I need to erase all the .Mac Mail files on the server first?
Any help greatly appreciated.
MacBook Pro, iMac 20" Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8) Would like to sell my iMac 20" Intel Core Duo (1GB)

You’re welcome.
I don’t think what you observed was caused by something you did wrong. Rather, it looks like a glitch in Mail.
As to how messages on the server can be backed up, I’d rather (1) copy them into custom "On My Mac" mailboxes in Mail first, then backup these, or (2) save them in standard mbox format (which must be imported as Other to bring them back into Mail), i.e. do File > Save As and choose Raw Message Source from the Format popup menu.
Backing up the data that Mail caches locally isn’t safe because it might or might not allow you to recover the messages afterwards depending on a variety of things, such as the account settings and the format used by the mail client to cache the messages locally (if any). What you did wouldn’t have worked in Mail 1.x without the aid of a third party utility, for example, no matter what the settings.

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