How can I get my mail (on Mountain Lion) not to store filed emails that are already stored on the server

I am having issues with my Mail.  I am trying to find out how to keep my computer from storing mail that I have put into the servers folders.  Many of my messages have large attachments, and to me, it seems to be eating up ALOT of space on my computer.  I have ten folders that strore up to 2 gigs of old data each.  I am afraid if i delet them from the mail( on my mac ) it will delete it in on my server. (Yahoo)  I have looked quite a few places, to no avail. 
Thanks for any suggestions

Doit4asmile wrote:
I am afraid if i delet them from the mail( on my mac ) it will delete it in on my server.
Yes, deleting messages with your Mac from IMAP folders will delete them from the IMAP server. That's how IMAP is supposed to work.
While not exactly what you requested, you might consider setting the account in question to cache messages but omit attachments. That's in the Advanced tab of Accounts inside Mail Preferences. You can even set it to "Don't keep copies of any messages," but then you can't read any message when not connected to the network.
You cannot set that option folder by folder, but you can set it account by account.

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