Help!! Trying to restore mail preferences

I deleted my mail server and did not realize that it would also delete my inbox, sent messages, trash, etc.
I want to restore my mail program to exactly how it was at a back up I did this morning at 5am.
I have Time Machine up and running and when I go back into the old back up I cant find anything related to the mail program. I can't even find the "Library" folder under my user account.
I can not figure out how to do this or even where to find the "mail" folder that has all the preferences and old mailboxes.
Please help!!

To open your User Library, click on your Desktop to activate the Finder, then go to the Finder main menu:
Select the "GO" tab of the Finder menu and hold down the "option" key. Now you will see your User Library in the drop down menu. Click it to open in Finder.
Once the Library folder is visible in a Finder window, you can select the folder icon in the toolbar of the window and drag the icon to the sidebar of the window or to the Dock, to keep it accessible. If you want to find your Library in Time Machine it is important to have the Library accessible in the Finder.
Your Mailboxes are stored in the "Mail" subfolder of your Library, your preference settings in the "Preferences" subfolder in "com.apple.mail.plist".
HTH
Léonie

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Best regards Peter
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
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Thanks! I talks there about restoing the old mailboxes and e-mail. So at least I know I can get the data back.
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Writing your preferences to disk has failed. Your preferences may not have been saved. The permissions on ~/Library/Preferences may be wrong or your disk may be full.
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