.mac mail on server?

Hi there!
When I went to www.mac.com to retrieve my .mac mail, it retrieved it, then deleted it before I read it - although it did show up on my MacBook in the correct folder.
On the website, I see just one email in my inbox but I know I have received several = although they have been retrieved on my MacBook.
If I retrieve them on the MacBook, does that delete them from the server automatically or is there a way I can leave them on the mac server for a couple of days?
I am running SpamSieve on my MacBook and I have 2 other POP accounts that I get mail with using Mail application.
Any ideas why the email is not showing up when I go to my mac homepage? I know I had tried syncing my macbook mail with my .mac account recently. Could that have anything to do with it?
Thanks,
CL

Hi C.L.
I don't fully understand what you’re saying, but it looks like you are confused by the differences between POP and IMAP (.Mac is IMAP). For IMAP accounts, what you see in the Inbox is what’s on the server. If you remove a message from the Inbox in Mail, you’re removing it from the server as well. Is that the problem?

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