How do I stop deleted email messages from being removed?

I have an iMac running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.2 and an iPhone 5.  I get my email from hotmail using IMAP protocol.  When I delete an email, I want it to stay in the "deleted" folder forever or until I decided to manually remove it.  However, for some reason they only stay in the deleted folder for a week.
My mailbox behavior preference is set to NEVER permanently erase deleted messages.  Why do the deleted message only stay for a week and how can I change this to keep them permanently?

Actually this helped on the phone but the emails on my iMac are still only staying around for one week.  In prferences, it is checked to NEVER removed deleted messages from trash.  What else can be wrong???

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