Delete message from server after download.

Hi, I'm normally use to Gmail and so haven't used an email client in years.
I have a .mac account and Mail is setup to check it.
At the moment, when mail downloads new mail from the server, it still leaves a copy of the email(s) on the server.
Instead what I would like it to do is, download from the server and then delete the copy on the server.
... is this possible?... and how do I do it?
I'd appreciate any help at all.
Nick.
iMac 24inch   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   2.33Ghz Intel Core Duo / 3GB DDR2 SDRAM / 250GB HD / NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Hello Nick.
If this is for your .Mac account, a .Mac type account is really an IMAP type account and behaves in the same way.
You can create/access a .Mac account with the Mail.app as a .Mac, IMAP or POP type account and as an IMAP or POP type account with other email clients.
If you plan on accessing your .Mac account with another email client or via webmail access on another computer, you may want to reconsider.
If not, to change the account type of an existing account with the Mail.app requires deleting and recreating the account.
If you want to save any sent messages with the account before doing so, create an "On My Mac" location mailbox and transfer all existing sent messages from the account's Sent mailbox to the user created "On My Mac" location mailbox. Deleting an account has no affect on messages that remain on the server.
Delete and re-create your .Mac account selecting POP as the account type when re-creating the account.
After doing so, go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Advanced tab for the account preferences will be the available settings for removing messages from the server when downloaded.

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