Why do inactive iOS mail accounts still receive email?

I have several email accounts that I use occasionally, but do not want them on regularly.
Deleting the accounts will stop them from receiving mail. But I don't want to set them up every time I want to check on them...
I have turned them off: Settings > mail > account > Mail > [on/off]
Why doesn't turning them off prevent them from checking and fetching email?
What does turning them off do, if they still work exactly the same as being on?

I do not have always BCC set.
The inactive accounts do not show up in the list of mailboxes, or accounts at the bottom of the mailboxes screen in mail.
I use the "All Inboxes", because I have multiple email accounts, and the emails sent to the inactive accounts appear in that box.
Opening the header of test messages sent to an inactive account show the "To:" to be the inactive account.
I have sent test emails from my iPhone to the disabled accounts, as well as my work email, and regardless of origin all test messages sent to the inactive accounts are fetched, and displayed in the "All Inboxes".
I have reviewed the set up accounts and there are no duplicate accounts.
I have Fetch set to push.
The inactive accounts are using my personal domain, not iCloud, or any apple mail, nor gmail.
I have verified that these accounts are not using a forwarder, through gmail, or my domain.
I am going to test one of my gmail accounts to see if it can be made inactive.
---- Answer: My domain accounts are all coming through despite being set to inactive. Gmail accounts are not. Inactivating all personal domain accounts on the phone still results in the emails coming through.
My personal email is used for my apple account.

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