My apple mail mailboxes vanished over night. How do I restore them?

I returned to my iMac today, logged on, opened apple mail to find that most of my mailboxed disappeared. I am using Mac OS X 10.4.9. How can I restore them ? I have located them on my hard drive but cannot seem to retrieve them.

You've posted this in the Powerbook G4 forum area. You might want to post this here:
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