How to disable a mail.app account

In Apple's OSX Mail app, I've got a mailbox that connects to an server that is no longer valid. That is, the address no longer works.
I'd like to have Mail stop checking that address. But I'd like to keep everything as is otherwise, if possible.
In Mail preferences, I tried unchecking "include when automatically checking mail" -- but the account still gets checked when I hit "Get Mail" manually.
I tried unchecking the box for "enable this account", too, but when I do that, all messages in that mailbox seem to disappear. Are they saved anywhere? I don't want to lose them and I still want to be able to search them.
Is there some other way to do this?
Many thanks to anybody who can help --
Steve

This seems like a pretty basic question -- but there's nothing in the help system about it, and searching here, I can't find anything specific. Can anybody help, please?
I want to completely stop checking mail from an account and yet still have old emails from that account show up in my In Box. Is that possible?
Thanks,
Steve

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