Lost inbox msgs when switching provider

[jjonahjansen]

Hi, I lost all the messages sitting in my inbox when I switched providers from Telus to Shaw. I'm using Mail 1.3.11 ( I dunno, is that the same as the 3.1 others here refer to?) on an iMac G4 running OSX 10.3.9. I tried talking to support at Telus to see if they had the messages on their server but they said that when I deleted my account with them, everything went, but that given that I was using a Mac I should be able to find them in cache or get help from a Mac users forum. I am a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to my Mac and have had no luck finding the lost mail. So, to be specific, I lost ONLY the inbox messages, everything that I had moved to another folder was retained. There was some stuff that I need in there, so any help you can give me would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
jjj

[Satcomer]

What kind of email account did you have? IMAP or Pop?

If it was Pop the saved email is kept folders/files in /YourHardDrive/Users/YourUserName/Mail/. If it was IMAP the email was saved on the server and you are out of luck.