Where is my incoming mail?

Send mail and all filed mail are on my Library -> Mail folder, what Apple Mail calls "On My Mac." The inbox isn't there. Where is my locally-downloaded inbox? I really don't want to be subject to the mail server's automatic deletion rules.

I have a second user account on my iMac at work for personal use. I have the same e-mail accounts set up as I do at home (G4). Same OS: 10.3.9. Same exact Mail version: 1.3.11(v622/624).
The work iMac has all my incoming and sent mail since the day I set it up back in Feb.
I don't know if this means anything, but there are differences in the advanced preferences on the G4.
*the BLUE is the iMac; the GREY is the G4*
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Forgetting about recovering that old mail, is there a way to keep this from happening? It looks like after 30 days or so, everything gets cleared, and I have never touched any settings.
Why would mail that I have read (and should be saved locally in my library) be disappearing?
G4 DP 867, iMac G5 10.3.9, PB12 10.4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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