Deleted Pop Mail account, which deleted all my messages in Inbox.

I deleted a POP mail account to use a new IMAP account. Unfortunately this seems to have deleted my Inbox and Sent Mail folders. Does anyone know any way I can retrieve these? I immediately closed out of Mail.I checked in User> Library> Mail, but I don't see the Inbox or sent .mbox. Anybody have any idea if they're retrievable? Thanks so much.
-Hannah

Hi Hannah, and a warm welcome to the forums!
It's Possible, but you must quit using the Computer immediately.
Either boot this one in Target mode...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
And recovering from another Mac, or booting this Mac from another HDD, then using Data Rescue II...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
(Has a Free Demo to see if it could or not, but you'll need another drive to recover to).
Or professional Data Recovery Services.
BUT, every second you use that Mac the chances will be slimmer.

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