How to stop mail to import the old emails after installation of El Capitan

I have the e-mail program on my iMac that is linked to an account hotmail before El Capitan I could open a mail and click 'x' at the bottom of the e-mail window main to prevent downloading of emails on the linked account. The 'x' is gone and everytime I open the mail it starts downloading emails from 4 years old I want not downloaded on my computer. I like having the configuration of the e-mail on my desk so I can send a quick message without having to open the hotmail acct but don't need or want messages from this account to automatically start the download/import. I went into the preferences of mail and changed the check for new messages in manual, but it always starts download/import as soon as I open the mail. It's like a race for me to get my outgoing message composed and sent, so I can leave mail as quickly as possible to try to minimize the number of old emails this import in the program. Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. I want to keep synchronized on the e-mail account, just use it for outgoing messages sent. Is this possible?  Why they did eliminate the option in the main window to stop the import? Very frustrating. :-(

Hotmail has recently changed from POP to IMAP initially. These changes (and others) are because of that.

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