Mac Mail: On my mac mailbox deleted my emails.

Hi,
A couple of days ago out all my "on my mac" mailboxes dissappeared. The emails which came from my IMPAP account were still available on the main inbox whereas the ones that came from another account (an exchange one) dissapeared and I cannot get them back.
Some of the rules still appeared on the preferences but some didn't.
I then re-created all the mailboxes and after a couple of days it would not let me move messages between inboxes. I read on this forum to try adn rebuild the mailbox, which I did, but it only resulted in deleting all the emails in that folder!
Any one know what is going on and what I should do?
Thanks,
G.

Unless you have a backup I don't think that you can recover them.

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