TS3276 can i reset mac mail

I am having a hard time with my mac mail on my MacBook Air. When I first received it, the computer automatically set up my account with a few clicks, then all of the sudden I tried syncing my contacts and messing with iCloud and now the mail is being received incorrectly. Mail automatically gets sent to the Trash folder or Bulk folder. Nothing goes into the Inbox. My MS Outlook on my PC is now receiving duplicate emails. I am wondering if I can reset mac mail and start over or if someone can help me find out what the problem is, that would be great!

I would recommend first simply removing your email account(s) in Mail, then setting it up again.
Mail > Preferences > Accounts > select the account and click the - button
If that doesn't fix the issue, you could try to "reset" Mail by deleting some plists, but you'll lose all your settings. This is almost a last resort. Just trash the Mail folder in your library and also delete com.apple.mail.plist in the Preferences folder. Hopefully that won't be necessary, but that essentially resets it as if you never launched Mail again.
If that doesn't work, I would then suggest reinstalling OS X overtop. Actually, if you're not running 10.8.4, I'd recommend updating that before anything else.
Hope that helps!

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Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
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