Mail wants to download every read email in my Yahoo account.

Suddenly Mail wants to download every single email, read and unread, from my Yahoo account inbox. Can anyone tell me why that might be? I like to keep email for a long time in that box as a backup, so I'd rather not have to check Remove Copy From Server. I don't think there's anything on Yahoo's end that would cause this. How do I prevent Mail from downloading read email from a server?
-thx

Is the Yahoo account set up as a POP3 account for accessing mail? If you really want to have mail stored on the server after you've logged on to that mail server you need to use IMAP. I don't know whether Yahoo offers IMAP, but POP3 was never designed for some of the uses that people try to put it to. IMAP was.

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*i.e. through Mail

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Are you using Mac Mail or going straight to Yahoo Mail using your browser...?
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Are there any dialog boxes popping up behind your Yahoo screen?
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Here you go, Linc! Thanks.
INITIATING CONNECTION May 10 07:42:57.110 -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
INITIATING CONNECTION May 10 07:42:57.111 -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
INITIATING CONNECTION May 10 07:42:57.111 -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
INITIATING CONNECTION May 10 07:42:57.127 -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fd41380c770
CONNECTED May 10 07:42:57.229 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
CONNECTED May 10 07:42:57.241 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd412286df0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
CONNECTED May 10 07:42:57.243 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
CONNECTED May 10 07:42:57.258 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd41380c770
READ May 10 07:42:57.277 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
+OK hello from popgate-0.8.0.357900 pop109.plus.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
WROTE May 10 07:42:57.296 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
CAPA
READ May 10 07:42:58.592 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd412286df0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
220 *.smtp.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP ready
READ May 10 07:42:58.597 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
+OK CAPA list follows
IMPLEMENTATION popgate-0.8.0.357900
XOIP
EXPIRE-NEVER
PIPELINING
RESP-CODES
TOP
UIDL
USER
SASL LOGIN PLAIN
STLS
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.612 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd412286df0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
EHLO [192.168.0.3]
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.618 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
AUTH PLAIN
READ May 10 07:42:58.662 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd412286df0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
250-*.smtp.mail.yahoo.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 41697280
250-8 BITMIME
250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN XYMCOOKIE
READ May 10 07:42:58.667 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
+
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.669 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd412286df0 -- thread:0x7fd4122918c0
QUIT
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.689 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
READ May 10 07:42:58.729 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd41380c770
* OK [CAPABILITY nk11p00mm-iscream005 1P45 XAPPLEPUSHSERVICE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR AUTH=ATOKEN AUTH=PLAIN] iSCREAM ready to rumble (1P45:346) nk11p00mm-iscream005
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.737 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4122f9cf0
1.39 AUTHENTICATE ATOKEN MTg4NTM1OAAxODg1MzU4AEFRQUFBQUJSakFJclRPZXVZRjNrSWZyMW05bVpLcTFjZnA3eVgrRT0=
READ May 10 07:42:58.782 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
220 smtp.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP ready
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.803 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
EHLO [192.168.0.3]
READ May 10 07:42:58.826 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4122f9cf0
1.39 OK [CAPABILITY XAPPLEPUSHSERVICE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ NAMESPACE UIDPLUS CHILDREN BINARY UNSELECT SORT CATENATE URLAUTH LANGUAGE ESEARCH ESORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES CONDSTORE ENABLE CONTEXT=SEARCH CONTEXT=SORT WITHIN SASL-IR SEARCHRES XSENDER X-NETSCAPE XSERVERINFO X-SUN-SORT ANNOTATE-EXPERIMENT-1 X-UNAUTHENTICATE X-SUN-IMAP X-ANNOTATEMORE XUM1 ID IDLE] User karmey57 logged in
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.835 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4125de2e0
2.39 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "6.3 (1503)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.8.3 (12D78)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")
READ May 10 07:42:58.853 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
250-smtp.mail.yahoo.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 41697280
250-8 BITMIME
250 AUTH PLAIN LOGIN XYMCOOKIE
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.866 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
AUTH PLAIN ****************************
READ May 10 07:42:58.901 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4125de2e0
* ID NIL
2.39 OK Completed
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.909 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4122f9cf0
3.39 LIST "" ""
READ May 10 07:42:58.973 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4122f9cf0
* LIST (\Noselect) "/" ""
3.39 OK Completed
WROTE May 10 07:42:58.989 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:p04-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fd4138283a0 -- thread:0x7fd4122f0570
4.39 LOGOUT
READ May 10 07:42:59.001 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
235 2.0.0 OK
WROTE May 10 07:42:59.015 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:smtp.mail.yahoo.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x7fd41382fb70 -- thread:0x7fd4122dbe60
QUIT
READ May 10 07:42:59.059 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
+OK maildrop ready, 28 messages (705314 octets) (5969772)
WROTE May 10 07:42:59.068 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
QUIT
READ May 10 07:42:59.222 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com -- port:110 -- socket:0x7fd412581e70 -- thread:0x7fd411b25c80
+OK server signing off.

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I just can't understand where they could have come from - some were deleted in like 2009.

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