Deleting an ISP but saving all the email notes

I have changed my ISP but need to keep all emails I received through that ISP. I remember deleting an ISP before and all the emails disappeared as well. I've taken all the emails out of my INBOX and stored them in different folders in the "ON MY MAC" section within my Mac MAIL program. Before I deleted this former ISP account I wanted to make sure the emails themselves were safe and wouldn't disappear as well.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Michael

When I start to delete the account from Mail in the Accounts section of the Mail Preferences this is the message I get...
"Are you sure you want to remove the “Cox account” POP account and all of its messages?
The account’s setup information, mailboxes, and all messages will be deleted permanently from your computer. Copies of messages on the mail server, if they exist, will not be affected."
That sounds to me like everything on the computer dealing with that ISP, no matter where it resides. Is that true? I mean, would it seek out emails that were received through that ISP, even though they were in folders apart from the InBox?
Thanks,
Michael

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