My iMail accounts/mailboxes disappeared

All of my iMail accounts/mailboxes disappeared overnight (two nights ago). No idea how this happened - I did not delete the accounts/mailboxes, nor was anyone else using this computer (a MacBook Pro). Did make one change before this happened: I setup a LogIn Password. Running OSX 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. Time Machine not setup (so no backup). Using iCloud but not for Mail. Thanks for any answers.

This is why you need a backup, preferable 2.
Add the accounts back to Mail is about all you can do at this point.

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I have the problem, but I never had Docs & Data switched on, so Sheppard's solution does not apply for my case (there are no such files as mentioned there). Neither did Beda's move work for me. Causing fresh copies of the two files he mentioned to be created does bring back the Smart Mailbox category and a default Today smart mailbox, but putting the original files back in position, puts the problem back to square one -- no smartmailboxes appear.
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