Missing Mail after transfer to new computer

Hello,
My parents were using an old iMac running 10.3.9 so I gave them a "newer" old iMac, running 10.4.11. They use multiple users and I transferred everything from their old computer to the newer one. For mail, I transferred the "mail folder in the library and the mail.plist from the preferences folder in the library. My father's email account works fine and looks exactly the same.
However, my mother's account is missing emails received before August. Furthermore, many of the emails display the following message when opened: "The message from SENDER<[email protected]> concerning “SUBJECT” has not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account online in order to download it."
I have done some research and this problem typically occurs when the mailbox is full or offline. Yet, the mailbox is not full and it is online. Some of these messages can be read on the server's website (comcast.net), but the server only keeps emails for 2 weeks, so any email received before that period is not there.
What did I do wrong? I followed the same procedure for both my father and my mother so I am confused. Unfortunately, my mother's account was already deleted from the old iMac (my father's still exists). Is there any way to try and get it back?
Thanks!

Hi DeeCee48, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Unfortunately, my mother's account was already deleted from the old iMac (my father's still exists). Is there any way to try and get it back?
Slight possibilty, You might try Data Rescue II...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
(Has a Free Demo to see if it could or not, but you'll need another drive to recover to, or pot the old iMac in FW Target Mode)...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
What did I do wrong?
What size is her Mail folder?

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