Junk Mail "On My Mac" and POP Account Mailboxes

Sailing along just fine for a year or so and now all my junk mail is going to my POP account instead of "on my Mac". How do I get it back to "On my Mac" so I can screen it and delete what I want and save the rest. I can't read it on the POP account. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hello, and welcome to the Discussions.
What are your selections in Mail Preferences/Junk Mail?
If moving messages marked as Junk to another mailbox, they should appear in a mailbox beneath the Junk Icon, but labeled with the name of your POP account. If you first move message to another, On My Mac mailbox, and subsequently mark as Junk, then I think then it might move to an On My Mac mailbox beneath the Junk Icon.
More info, please.

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