Mail can't completely forget an email account.

I've deleted an email account (hotmail) in Mail successfully, but the Mail application still logs on to the Hotmail server when I check mail. If I open "Connection Doctor" it clearly shows a successfull log-in to the server that I no longer wish it to bother. It doesn't do anything once it's there, so why it feels it needs to log-on is quite beyound me.
It appears Mail cannot forget.
The account nolonger appears in Mail>preferences>accounts or System preferences>mail contacts & calendars, so how do I stop it trying?

You neglected to delete the (outgoing) SMTP server as well as the POP (incoming) server.
Open Mail>Preferences>Accounts, click the dropdown next to the SMTP server heading, select Edit Server List, find the Hotmail server and delete it.

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