How to recover mail settings in Yosemite

I am running a number of mac computers all having the same IMAP email accounts on them. I had an issue with two of the mail accounts where the emails were getting stuck in the outbox. I read a couple of posts that suggested deleting the mail boxes and starting again. I did this, but low and behold, when i inputted the mail settings again they did not work at all. I messed about with it for a day and even tried apple support (I have an apple care pack) but they couldn´t help me. All i want to do is recover my mail settings from the last time I knew they were working fine, I have a time machine (one apple official one and two other external hard drives that I use as time machines, just in case)
any ideas? i´ve searched the forums but no one has had this issue resolved via TM recovery and Yosemite.
Many thanks
Dave

Hi Dave, I have this issue too and wondered if you had to call your Internet Service Provider or how you solved your dilemma.

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