Deleting emails from phone but choosing whether to keep them on server.

Hi,
new to Z1, actually new to Android, and wondering how to set up my Z1 so I can choose which emails to delete from just the phone or delete from phone and server. Having come across from Blackberry, which asks me whether I wish to delete email from phone or phone and server as well, I would really like to be able to delete emails from just the ohone, or from both with a delete option/choice.
Is this possible with Android/Z1?
Just to clarify, I don't want to change a setting so it only does one or the other, I want to be given the choice each time I delete emails from my phone.
Otherwise pretty happy with the phone overall.

You can set the phone to not delete any emails from the server from Email -> [menu] -> Settings -> [your account] -> Incoming settings. At the bottom of this menu you have an option for deleting emails from the server.
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