Are messages on mail downloaded on my hard disc?

Hello,
I have a work account with my company. The company is using Lotus Notes.
Before upgrading to Mavericks, I had Lotus Notes on my mac, I was replicating the new messages but most of all I liked the fact that a copy of all mails and contacts saved in 15 of work with this company was saved on my HD, there to be accessed in remote mode (island) even in case one day I stopped having this email account.
I am now forced to use mail also for my work emails.
Which is good because I like mail more than Lotus, but I have one doubt.
Is mail downloading and saving all the mails, or is the list on my computer there, only as long as I have an active account at work?
I like to keep the mailbox synched with my work system, but would I be able to access all the messages, the day when my work account is closed?
Hope the question is clear.
How to add a copy of the messages and the contacts on the section "ON MY MAC".
Thanks a lot!

Thanks again but probably I don't understand your explanation.
I can see the messages, because I now have an active work account that mail connects to.
What if one day in the future I didn't have this work account anymore, and the messages will be deleted from the work database, would I still be able to visualise them in my mail box?
Or will they "disappear"
Thanks

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