Lost Mail Folders, after 10.4.7?

Just noticed I have missing Apple Mail folders. Is there a known problem with OS 10.4.7 and Mail?

Hi Mike -
You wrote - "Suppose it's too late to know now, but were the 'missing' folders still on your HD, under ~/Library/Mail/ - that could have be remedied by rebuilding the mailbox."
I'm suffering a similar problem, with Mail being set back to Default settings. As my mailboxes are still where you suggest they should be, how can I get things back to normal?....... James
15" 1.67Ghz 1 Gb Powerbook PPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 15" Titanium 550 Mhz 512Mb Powerbook

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