Restore Mail and iPhoto to recreated account

Hello all,
Since a user profile seems to be corrupt, I would like to delete the local account, recreate it and restore all data like mail and photo's. The mail involves a POP account and all photo's are stored in iPhoto. The computer is backed up by Time Machine on a Time Capsule.
Would you please send me your recommendations how to do this? Currently, while I haven't hit the 'delete user' button yet, I'm able to make exports or whatever you may think what works best in this situation. Thank you all in advance.
Best regards,
Corné.

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Here I'm fuzzy because I've not performed this step. I think you'll get the same options as you do if you migrate from another Mac - the choice of Applications, Files/Folder, or Library. If I'm correct, you choose what you want to migrate, start it, and walk away until it finishes.
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