Mailbox Behaviors - Deleting Messages

This is a simple question. And I'm fairly confident that I already have the answer, but I just wanted some clarification.
Do the options in the Mailbox Behaviors section of the Accounts tab refer to messages (and attachments) stored locally on my hard drive or on the email server? I have two POP accounts that are both set up in the Advanced section of the Accounts tab to not remove copies of messages from the email server. If the the options in the Mailbox Behaviors section do also apply to my messages stored on my email servers, then do those "delete messages after..." options override the option to not remove copies from the server? For my IMAP account, I have selected all options to store copies of messages on the email server and opted to download copies of all received messages and attachments for offline viewing. Again, do the Mailbox Behaviors options to delete old messages apply only to those stored locally on my internal hard drive or do they apply to the server or both?
I realize it sounds like I'm just splitting hairs, but I want to make sure that I'm deleting copies of messages from my hard drive but not from the vast reaches of my email server account storage spaces.

The options available under the Mailbox Behaviors tab for a POP type account are for the account's Sent, Trash and Junk mailboxes/messages which are stored locally on the hard drive. You can't store Sent, Trash or Junk messages on the server for a POP type account with any email client such as the Mail.app.
The options available under the Advanced tab for the account preferences for "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message:" refer to incoming messages or the incoming mail server for the account only.
The options available under the Mailbox Behaviors tab and the Advanced tab for a POP type account are not related and have no effect on the other.
If you have chosen to store deleted messages on the server for an IMAP type account, the options for "Permanently erase deleted messages when" apply to the server. If deleted messages are stored locally on the hard drive, the options do not apply to the server since messages marked for deletion are stored on the hard drive.

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