Lost deleted and sent messages

Hi Folks,
I recently changed over my pop account to imap. It's working fine but when I send mail or delete a message they don't show up in the sent or trash folders. Any idea where they are stored now or how to assign them to the appropriate folders again?
Thanks much!

it's weird - the only account showing in the Preferences/Account window is the server account...yet that never showed up in my mailbox window before all of this happened....it doesn't list the mailboxes on the HD.....btw, the settings for the server mailbox behaviors are for only the deleted messages to be moved to the trash mailbox...nothing else is checked....Trash is not to be saved on the server.....Now I've just gone to assign "uses" to the mailboxes on the .mac account and it has created new folders close to what I had originally....but when I close the mail app and reopen it, it defaults back to the boxes on the server with small icons....the boxes on the HD are Inbox (Inbox icon), Sent (paper airplane icon), Trash (Trash can icon), Junk (folder).....but I still cannot assign use to the HD Junk folder....the Inbox and Sent box seem to be working OK now....The Trash is broken up into "Trash "On My Mac" and Trash on the server. I never had that before...don't know how it got there.....This is all just so weird....I never had any trouble with this up until the last couple of days......What is happening to my Mac?

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Each time you remove an email account there is a warning that the mailboxes associated with that account will be lost -- that is a very accurate message, and they no longer exist. The BT tech was simply clueless, but ought not to have been so cavalier!
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Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I do access my email from 2 different sources.
FYI, I use the POP mailserver as I need most of the information to be loaded onto my PC while on a plane / not connected to the interenet.
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You’re welcome.
The reason I post your entire quote is so that you have
complete info again
I see the entire thread every time I read any of the posts, so the only thing quoting everything accomplishes is actually reducing the amount of relevant information I can see on the screen.
Did you get a chance to read all of my replies?
Yes, and none of them explained what prevents you from solving the problem doing what I suggested in my first post...
I don't feel that you understood that I have done the easy import
as per your email several times which did not resolve my problem.
The only place where you mentioned having already tried importing anything is your first post, and the first thing I said in my reply to that post is precisely that I didn’t understand what you said there. So yes, you’re right that I didn’t understand it. Moreover, I still don’t understand it...
I am here because NOT all emails were recovered
And I’m trying to help you recover them, but I cannot do so if you don’t explain what’s the problem exactly.
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