Will deleting account delete On My Mac messages

When I have time I take messages from my POP account Inbox and drag them to a "mailbox"/folder that is listed under the heading On My Mac. For instance I have a folder On My Mac/Waiting. The messages in the "Waiting" mailbox/folder were actually emailed to various POP and IMAP accounts. I have just taken them and put them in this folder. I want to keep all the messages in their individual On My Mac folders. The Inbox of the POP and IMAP accounts are empty. I want to remove the POP account from the computer. I do not want to receive anymore messages into the inbox or send any from the POP account. I do want to keep the messages that I have moved into place under the On My Mac section.
Will deleting the POP account also delete all the messages that I have moved into various folders? The messages are in mailboxes/folders and mixed with other accounts. I understand the practice of exporting (in Lion) and archiving (in SL and before). This is not what I am asking about. I am just wondering if the messages will dissappear from the folders if I delete the accounts. That is precicelly what I do not want to happen.

You didn't buy the apps, so you really have no right to keep them.
You don't delete accounts off of the device, you sign in and out of accounts. Settings>iTumes & App Stores>Apple ID. You can sign out of the wrong account in there and sign in with your own account.

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Have you contacted your email provider to make sure there are no problems on their end? If they say their email servers are working properly, check the outgoing and incoming mail servers entries on your iPhone to make sure both are entered correctly. Enter the outgoing mail server even if the account setup indicates that is optional.

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g im okay with her useing my information or seeing my stuff ..

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g im okay with her useing my information or seeing my stuff ..
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thanks. That is just what I needed. I currently have three accounts, including the one I'm deleting.
If I understand you right, all I need to do is move all my messages out of the INBOX of the account I'm deleting, and into other folders I created under the ON MY MAC section. Deleted account messages will only be deleted from the INBOX. (well, HELP should have said so, instead it just said ALL mail from that account will be deleted).
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Scotty Doesn\'t Know. wrote:
If I delete an app on my iPhone will it be deleted from my iTunes or my wife's phone?
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Scotty Doesn\'t Know. wrote:
(Both phones use the same iTunes account)
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And See Here...
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