Can't delete a user after following all directions I can find here

I have a user account that I messed up by adding bad aliases to (don't try this).
ANYWAY, I'm trying to delete the account and recreate but I can't seem to get it right.
Here's what I've tried:
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USING Cyradm from Terminal
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su admin ./cyradm
cyradm> connect localhost
localhost> lm
Other Users/keith (\HasNoChildren)
localhost> sam user/keith admin all
setaclmailbox: admin: lrswipcda: Mailbox does not exist
localhost> dm user/keith
deletemailbox: Mailbox does not exist
localhost> sam otherusers/keith cscf all
setaclmailbox: cscf: lrswipcda: Mailbox does not exist
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USING SirAdmin
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Login as user: "[email protected]" (which Postfix says does not exist when I try to send email to).
Click on "Other Users/keith" in Mailbox list.
Click DELETE under mailbox actions.
"Permission Denied"
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!
Keith

Not for your User files. I suspect you need to run the OS X installer over your drive. You can do this via the recovery drive, but it might download an older version of OS X. You can download again from App Store under Purchases. Find Yosemite and select to download. It will caution you that you are already running but you can select Continue to download the full installer again. This installs over your current files.
I recommend that you backup first as a clone or via Time Machine. Clone is preferred since it's bootable and we don't want to migrate and bring back your current problems.
Create a Clone backup:
What is a clone backup?
A clone is an exact bootable copy of your internal drive. Unlike standard copying of all files to another drive, the clone software copies hidden files along with other in-use files that are not available  when you copy over files to another drive.
More info on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning
Time Machine is not bootable. You can only restore from Time Machine.
Software used to Clone: You can download and use SuperDuper without registering to do a full clone backup. You will need an external drive formatted as GUID for the backup. CCC requires you to free trial but you have to buy first and ask for a refund.
SuperDuper! http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
CCC http://www.bombich.com/download.html

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