Mail disappearing from pop account

I have found that if I read a message in my in basket for my pop account, mail deletes in after about 30 mins... In options I had selected for it to clear the server once a week.... but that should have no effect on the local inboc

The mail isn't necessarily being deleted, just disappearing. Did you check in the Trash for Mail to see if it's been moved there?
If it's not in the Trash:
Quit Mail.
Go to Home/Library/Mail and delete the Envelope Index file(s).
Restart Mail and wait for it to rebuilt the index, then see if the disappearing Mail reappears. If so, problem solved.
If it doesn't reappear and the problem continues, then I suspect your Mail preferences file is corrupt, in which case you need to do this:
Quit Mail.
Go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete the com.apple.mail.plist file.
Restart Mail, setup your account(s) and preferences again and Mail will find your existing mailbox. Check to see if the problem goes away; if so, problem solved.

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