Restoring Mail folders?

I accidentally deleted a mail folder within Apple Mail and I was hoping someone could shed some light on possibly restoring deleted mail folders.
Thanks!

Messages deleted as a result of deleting the mailbox that contained them don't go anywhere, not even to the Trash. Rather, they are permanently removed from the filesystem.
If the messages are from a POP account configured to leave mail on the server for some time and they are still on the server, there is a way to tell Mail to download them again. You can use webmail (if the account allows web access) or the Account Info window to check whether the messages are still on the server. To open the Account Info window, choose Get Info (⌘I) from the Action menu (gear icon) located below the mailboxes list in the main Mail window.
If the messages are not on the server and you don’t have a backup, your only option in the case of Mail 2.x is to try to salvage as many deleted *.emlx files as possible with a data recovery tool such as Data Rescue II, TechTool Pro, or FileSalvage (the files to be recovered would be different in the case of Mail 1.x). Of these, the only one I know for sure that can currently recover deleted *.emlx files is FileSalvage. Stop using your computer right now if you want to try that, as anything you do with the computer may cause the deleted files to be overwritten.

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Harryost wrote:
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In any event now I sit with a fresh copy of Snow Leopard installed. I was unable to get Migration Assistant to see my Time Machine volume sitting on my new desktop & new Finder! I selected transfer data from TM or other external volume yet, only my Mac HD showed up. I wasted more time trying to get into time machine via Time Machine preferences. It kept wanting to back up my new system with a box that said tell me when erase old backups! I wasn't about to allow TM to back up new system till I selectively moved my stuff. I finally just opened the External TM volume & browsed & dragged my Documents, & other easy to move files to my New system.
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