How to get rid of a mail account?

I had two .mac accounts and wanted to get rid of one and just use the other one. So I deleted everything in my Mail/Preferences so the only e-mail address is the one that I currentely would like to use.
Now, when I look in:
User/Library/Mail
Folder I find that the deleted account still has a folder. Better yet my iphone is still trying to sync with my current .mac and the old one. I even deleted all the contents of that mail folder and every time I restart Mail the unwanted account recreates its folder.
How do I get rid of this account permanately?
Thanks.

Under:
System Preferences/.Mac
My account (the one that I want to keep) is the only one listed, there is no info whatsoever about the account I attempted to delete (which I assume should be a good thing). There is no remenence of the one that I deleted other than in that one Mail folder.

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