Saving old emails on the server, not in Mail

I imported an old mail program to Mail. I now wish to save prior years data off the Mail program (to save space and increase speed) and put them on to a CD or elsewhere on my computer. Is this possible? Do I trash the old mailboxes, which could be saved to the server? But where on the server do these go? What might they be labeled?
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

This is a POP account, right? What are your Preferences > Accounts > Advanced > Remove copy from server settings?

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