Checking POP email on iphone disables mail account on my MacPro?

Hello
Just set up new 3G iphone and have set it up to receive and send email from two accounts, I believe both are POP (one of which is a .ca.rr Road Runner account; other hosted on Bluhost). The iPhone is receiving and sending email from these accounts just fine. However, if I recently accessed mail on my Iphone, and I happen to be at my MacPro computer and my Mail application is open at the same time, and I go to check mail on the MacPro.... exclamation points will appear next to my Road Runner account (as if it cannot connect to that account/been disconnected to it). I either need to (A) wait a few minutes from after my phone has accessed the account, or (B) I need to shut my phone off for the exclamation points to go away and I can check mail again on the Mac. My other email account (the Bluhost one) seems unaffected and never loses connection.
Generally, if I am at my Macpro, I do not need to be checking email on my iphone, but I don't want to have to shut my phone off when I am using my Macpro at home. In summary, checking email on my iphone is temporarily disconnecting my ability to check the same email account from my Macpro.
This seems to happen whether my iPhone is connected to the 3G network or connected to my home Wifi. My MacPro is wired, running off an ethernet connection. I use an Airport Station to send out the WiFi signal.
Anyone experience similar or have suggestions?
If I need to provide more info, please let me know.
Thanks in advance!

You're welcome.
What I like about POP though is how it downloads an independent copy to my computer INBOX. From what I understand, IMAP keeps the copy on the server. Yes, I could create a folder in my Mail app on my computer, and drag the email to that folder, thereby saving a copy on my hard drive. But sometimes I just want to leave mails in my INBOX without having to organize.
Messages do remain on the server with an IMAP account but with the Mail.app on your Mac, there is an option to keep copies of messages for offline viewing with an IMAP account for viewing messages in server stored mailboxes when you don't have internet access with the following options - all messages and their attachments, all messages but omit attachments, only messages that have been read. Not usually required with a desktop, but a good feature to have with a laptop when traveling from location to location during periods of time without internet access.
As far as configuration, I am also using AT&T SMTP for outgoing mail on the iphone. Without the AT&T SMTP, I couldn't send mail on the 3G network trying to use the RR servers. This also works when I hook into the WiFi.
Does this work when connected to any wi-fi network regardless the internet service provider being used for internet access with various wi-fi networks that you access? If so, this is good, but not a concern with an authenticated SMTP server.
One thing that remains a bit confusing is, on my iPhone, when I send a mail to the TRASH. If I go to the Trash to read the email, I can see the subject line, but the body reads "This message has no content" -- not for all trashed messages, but most, which makes it even more confusing why some are like that and others are not.
Not sure about this one, but I don't believe this has anything to do with messages not being removed from the server when downloaded by a POP account.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1737
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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