Deleting Emails only on phone

I recently switched over from a Blackberry to the iphone. I was wondering if there was an option when I can delete the emails just from my phone and leave the original copy on the server.
For the blackberry, it lets you choose individually for the emails; meaning it asks you to either delete it just from the device or on the device and the server.

I have a similar question: I set up my yahoo account to my phone yesterday. Then, since I had so many subfolders and this was my first smartphone I had set up for mobile access, I was using the iphone to move emails around in preparation of deleting out several folders I did not use any more. Now, no matter how old the messages are, they are showing up in the folder I moved them to. How do I reset the email cache so it only pulls the most recent emails, instead of recent emails and the ones I had moved using the phone?
Oh, and I had already tried deleting out the yahoo account and setting it back up.
Thanks.
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However, keep in mind that eventually Nokia will look at making people 'subscribe' to the Nokia email service, which is an annual cost over & above what you already pay each month/year for your phone bill.
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