IMAP setting to save mail permanently on my computer?

Hey there-
So when I got an iPhone (iFun), I needed to convert from pop3 to imap so I could read mail in multiple locations.. and properly have things marked as read or not, etc. Anyhow, I have an email set up where I only have 20 megabytes of storage space on the server (it's free, I don't complain), and I like to save every single piece of email that comes in.
So, is there any way to keep the mail on the server for about a week before they get permanently chopped from the server, yet permanently archived on the puter???
Any help with this is super appreciated!
THANKS!
-Robert

Hi Robert,
I'm not certain, but since nobody has replied yet, I think you'd have to have both a POP & iMAP account, perhaps where the POP account is set to leave the mail on the Server, then empty the IMAP one once a week!?
I can't test it as I have no IMAP. Just throwing out ideas.

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