The problem - part 1

After removing a Hotmail account (configured as pop3) from the 'Preferences>Accounts' pane, it is still listed in the left hand menu as one of the available inboxes and I can't make it go away permanently no matter what I try.

The problem - part 2

In the process of trying to delete the folder/inbox/emails Outlook 2011 has permanently deleted ~700 emails from my Outlook.com account even though my settings were set as 'NOT to delete from server' when deleting emails. This occurred when attempting to delete the entire inbox/emails from the left hand menu (from the list of inboxes).

Surely the intended functionality is that if the account has been 'removed' prior to attempting to manually delete the inbox that any actions taken within Outlook should have no impact on the contents of my live Hotmail account on the Outlook.com server but then of course, I expected the inbox to have been removed along with the account - when I clicked 'Ok' to confirm the 'Account' deletion from the accounts pane it told me that all associated data would also be removed - great because all I wanted to do was to add the same account again but this time configured as IMAP.

Other info

It seems the account therefore still exists even though it doesn't appear in the list of accounts.

I DO HAVE a TimeMachine backup

My questions

1. Does anyone know a way to delete accounts permanently? and
2. Can someone suggest a way that I can say reimport or restore the appropriate file from a TimeMachine backup to restore the 700 odd emails that were permanently deleted from Outlook.com?

Things I have tried or suggestions I have seen

• I saw a script referenced in a couple of forums but read that it deletes all the account information and possibly more (here is the talkingmoose script)
• I saw someone 'Exported' the appropriate folder and 'deleted the contents after exporting', but that won't work because I have 4 accounts and it will delete all of them.
• I rebuilt the database
• I have NOT yet created a new identity - sounds like it will take ages and I'm trying to save time

I would be greatly appreciative if anyone with any pointers might be able to assist me to solve this problem, thanks!