Can't delete IMAP Account - Not Mobile Me

I have 4 different IMAP email accounts setup with the Apple Mail app. One I setup for use with a Mac Mini Server but we decided not to use the mail services on it. So I tried to delete the mail account from the Apple Mail app on my MacBook Pro. When I click the "-" on the accounts pref page to delete the account it simply move the highlight to the next account and the account I was trying to delete is still there. What also is strange is that the incoming server information is grayed out so I can't change it. Also trying to change the SMTP server to some other server simply results with the account switching back to the previous setting. If I try to "disable" the account, suddenly 2 more copies of the account appear in the account list, with one inactive and two active.
I've gone so far as to edit the plist file for the mail app in BBedit and remove all references to this account, but I guess there is some kind of backup as once I start the Mail App again the old account appears.
Anyone have a clue?

RRack wrote:
K... I used to have roadrunner set up as a POP account, but I'd regularly have to log onto the desktop which was running Entourage to pull everything off the server and delete it. I did some research and found that IMAP is better to sync and when an email is deleted from the mobile device (iPhone, MacBook, iPad) they will be deleted everywhere. Well, my roadrunner account is once again full and I can't delete anything from these devices. Just gives an error saying that it can't move the email. What is going on???? I can send and receive fine. Now I've got to get on the webmail and delete page by page. Is this a roadrunner mess or apple mess? How the heck do I fix it? I've always used Macs and things have gone drastically downhill over the last few years.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
What are your imap settings? I've been trying to find how to configure that capability, but haven't found anything.

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