Restore by ibackup erased my mail boxes. I need help

Complex problem that is entirely my fault. But I hope someone can help me.
I recently (several weeks) moved from my PB to a new MB. When I did that, I kept the PB as it was, and have been using the MB as my primary machine. I have been using ibackup regularly to protect important data and saving the files on my ipod.
The problem occured because I had to send my MB in for repairs, and I decided to "restore" my personal files from the ipod backup files back on to the PB. Unfortunately, it completely erased ALL of my email. Is there any way I can recover from this? Thank in advance...
Lee
G5 iMac, iBook, 15ALBook, macBook   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Well, if the data on the PowerBook has been erased, and you don't have a backup of that, there is no way to revert to the previous situation, other than using a data recovery tool, which may or may not be able to salvage the deleted files.
If the data previously on the MacBook is now on the iPod, however, you should be able to copy it to the PowerBook. Mail stores most preferences and all account settings in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. Everything else, including all your messages and mailboxes, is stored within the ~/Library/Mail/ folder. Copying these (the preferences file and the entire Mail folder) to the PowerBook should be all you need to do in order to have Mail set up exactly the same as it was on the MacBook.

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