Mail: custom folders disappeared

Hello,
I have around 7 custom folders in Mail. I'm self-employed and sort all my business mail into these folders such as 'to be answered' 'gigs' 'important info' etc.
Today I opened Mail and all my custom folders had disappeared. All the emails in them have disappeared.
What on earth could have inspired this, and how do I fix it??????
I would appreciate help with this issue so much. Needless to say I'm in a total tizzy about it.
Beannachtaí
Úna

Hi Úna,
Hmmm maybe another approach.
If you have a rough idea of how you structured your folders then what you can do it use Finder to have a look deeper inside folder ~/Library/Mail
Your messages are stored within subfolder /Mailboxes and if you have set it up in some sort of hierarchical arrangement then you will see that reflected in the folder structure in Finder. Within each .mbox you will have a file named info.plist and a subfolder named Messages. Within the Messages folder will be each message which are .emlx files and have a numeric prefix. If you double click on an .emlx file it will open up as a Mail message.
Example from my Mac:
!http://www.wrxownersclub.com.au/forum/mailbox.jpg!
If you can find the ones that you are missing in this manner then that's a good start and it is possible to get those messages back into the Mail viewer by rebuilding just that Mailbox within the Mail app. Select the Mailbox under "ON MY MAC" in your Mail sidebar and click menu option Mailbox > Rebuild.
Chris

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