Restore Mail after deleting account

I deleted an inactive account in Mail after setting up a new internet account and name, but did not realize that all of the e-mails would be deleted; thought I was just turning off future downloads at the inactive address. It was two years of e-mails. Is there any way to restore those e-mails?
Help please!
MarkD
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You need to look up the definition of a computer bug since this is not a bug but part of the account and mailbox filing structure by design.
I agree when deleting an account, the Mail.app should include either an automatic transfer of the account's mailboxes to the Mailboxes folder within the Mail folder at Home > Library > Mail or placed in the Trash first which requires an additional step before the account's mailboxes are deleted but a warning message is provided.
If you don't pay close attention to a warning message provided by any application, etc. during use or you are not sure what will occur when selecting OK when a warning message is provided, you better maintain a regular if not daily backup of all data.
This is not a bug.

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