Duplicate e-mails from different accounts

I have two e-mail accounts that feed into the Mail program. Suddenly last night I had a problem where e-mail from one of the accounts would not have the blue "unread" indicator. I tried various things (mostly retying account info and double-checking settings) but nothing really seemed to work. So I decided I would run a software update before going any further.
Immediately after he software update I see my inbox is filled with duplicate messages--the entire inbox, not just recent messages. An e-mail sent to account #1 is there along with an e-mail listed as being from account #2--even though that e-mail was only sent to account #1.
Thoughts?
--Darin

You cannot. Once you delete the account you delete all the files and data associated with it. Under the best of circumstances you may be able to use file recovery software to recover the data if it has not already been overwritten:
Basics of File Recovery
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
If you empty the Trash the files are gone. Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down.
When you delete files you erase only the directory entries, not the files themselves. However, the space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten with recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

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