Message/Email Issue

Is there a way to stop email messages from being sent to my SMS inbox??

I have an email address for my Pearl, and I use both email and SMS regularly. After I get a few new emails, my SMS inbox is all of a sudden cluttered with useless email duplicates. Also, what is more annoying, is lately I can't seem to find messages that are even a day old, even though I have chosen to keep messages "Forever" in my options.

This is confusing; any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Ya what he said!!!

You can separate them in the options.
After changing it, you'll have an email icon, and an sms/mms icon.