Mail/.Mac question concerning deleted mail

Is there a way to have my mail downloaded onto my computer (.mac server) such that when I delete the message from the server it doesn't disappear locally as well? In other words, my Mail app "syncs" with the .Mac server whenever it gets new mail, and I want to be able to remove messages from the server without removing them from my computer. Is this possible? If not, why is it not possible? Thanks.

With a .mac account configured in the normal mode of Account Type .mac, the account is the same as an IMAP account. With an IMAP account the Inbox actually resides on the server, as does normally at least the Sent mailbox. This is the advantage of IMAP account, such that multiple computers can see the same Inbox and same Sent mailbox, and whatever other folders are setup to reside on the server. This has great application in commercial, business environments, as you can imagine.
So, with Account Type .mac the messages are not downloaded to the computer, except temporarily for viewing, and in some cases for viewing while Offline.
You have two choices to do what you have asked:
1) Create one or more New Mailboxes (from the command in the Pull-Down under Mailbox in the menubar) to be On My Mac, and Select All or a portion of the messages in the Inbox and either Move To or Copy To the new On My Mac mailboxes., or
2) Remove the .mac account, which for the moment will not alter the contents of the server, and then set the .mac account up again, but this time as Account Type POP. As a POP account server the messages will actually be downloaded to your computer as you check the account, and then you can elect to have the message removed immediately from the server, or later as per a schedule that can be set in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Advanced. As a POP, deleting from the server will not impact the messages already downloaded to your Mac.
With a POP account the Sent mailbox is never on the server, and thus any Sent messages will only be available to the one computer from which they were sent.
Does this clarify?
Ernie

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88 messages in it, but when she selects the account
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If a POP type account, using the Finder go to Home > Library > Mail > this account named folder (named by the user name and incoming mail server for the account).
Within a POP type account named folder should be the following mailboxes in mbox format as follows:
INBOX.mbox
Drafts.mbox
Sent Messages.mbox
Deleted Messages.mbox
Junk.mbox (If Junk Mail is set to automatic.)
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There should be no folders.
Before making any changes, post back listing what is available within this account named folder.

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