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You can enable POP access for an email application like the standalone Outlook client, and it's not a firm requirement to delete emails from the server. If you don't connect with a client app that is configured to transfer all emails off the server, the webmail interface should work fine.
https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/outlook/2063-outlook-leave-copy-on-server.html
I have used this kind of setup multiple times.
Right... But I'm unaware of any pop providers that also offer a webmail interact. Hell I haven't seen anyone use pop since the early 00s. The isps that did offer it required you to use a proper mail client. And if the workaround for outlook is 'use webmail' that doesn't exist...