Help!  Trying to restore mail!!!

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 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!!

Thanks!  I talks there about restoing the old mailboxes and e-mail.  So at least I know I can get the data back.
Is it no longer like the old days where I can just replace all the mail related docs and files from the "Library" folder and the re-start the program?  I can't even find where any of those files live on the computer anymore.
So then, how would I go about restoring the settings and preferences?  Or do I just have to start from scratch on those?

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