Changing e-mail provider - will I lose my mail

Hello, I currently use cable broadband for my e-mail. I am switching to DSL this week. I have about 50 pieces of mail in my mailbox on my Apple. Once I change to DSL and change my mail settings for my new e-mail address, will I lose my old mail in my mailbox? Any help is appreciated!

It's not necessary to delete the old account.
You can uncheck the box for 'Enable this Account' in Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Advanced to hide the account.
or
You can uncheck the box for 'Include when automatically checking for new mail' in the same pane to leave the account visible but without having Mail try to download from it.
That said, if this is an IMAP account, you should make sure that the messages are stored 'On My Mac' so that if the account provider deletes the account from their server, you will keep your own copy of the messages.
Message was edited by: Mike N. (nahyunil)

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