Recovering accidentally deleted emails in imap gmail account

In a similar fashion to what happened with my calendars about a year ago, today I ran into a problem  with Gmail, losing all my fourteen thousand plus emails. I couldn't find any solution to my problem on the Internet, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who will run into this problem. So after figuring out how to fix it, I decided to outline the steps I took to restore all my emails, hoping it might help someone who faces a similar situation.

Restoring lost iCal events and calendars

I ran into a problem today with iCal, and failed to find the information I needed on the Internet. After reading a few forum posts, learning one or two tips on the way, and using some common sense, I got my iCal calendars completely restored, and everything back to normal.

So I decided to write a quick little post, hoping it might help someone who faces the same situation.