Where did my mail messages go?

Hi!
I am using Apple Mail 3 with a POP account.
On the left side, there is this mail boxes panel containing the "Inbox", "Sent", "Trash", etc.
I have created a Folder named "Work" with a number of mail boxes, each of them containing relevant mail messages. This system has been in place for many years and it worked very well so far.
Today I "right-clicked" one of the above mentioned mailboxes and changed its name and then pressed "Enter". Consequently, all the messages existing in that particular box disappeared and did not come back even if I changed the name of the box back to the original.
Where did the messages go and can I get them back?
Thanks

Hi Dimaxum & Ernie!
Thank you for your answers, the details and links that you pointed me to are useful. However, the only way I could solve the problem was to follow these steps:
1. open each .mlx file individualy and send it as a mail to my gmail account.
2. send the mails back from my gmail account to my POP account on my Mac
3. sort the mail manually and move it to the folder where it used to be.
4. delete the mail from gmail account.
In answer to your questions:
* I do not have TimeMachine running
* The mail in question came from a POP account (the only account on my Mac)
I consider this matter closed.
Thanks again for your suggestions and assistance.
Regards,
D.M.
Message was edited by: D.M.

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