Apple Mail - undo Mailbox - Use this mailbox for

Using Apple Mail 4.5, I tried to get my mom's Trash back to a normal place.  She's using Gmail, and IMAP.  I tried doing a "Mailbox" and then Use this mailbox for and pointing it to Gmail's trash.  Now it is empty.
What is the proper way to set up IMAP gmail with Apple Mail?

Mail has to store those messages somewhere. Hence, the only way to “undo” those selections is to do Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For on a different mailbox or to turn OFF the corresponding Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors > Store messages on the server setting.

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    This is the action that I'm talking about. I set certain Gmail folders to be used for these 4 options. I would like to release those folders from their respective duties.

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    Anyway for me the behaviour isn't consistent at all. In three IMAP accounts one does't have the problem at all, one shows the "Use This Mailbox For" options "Sent" and "Junk" selectable and the other two greyed out, and for one account only "Junk" is selectable.
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  • Apple Mail 5 use this mailbox for

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    I have all my devices up-to-date now, with my two Macs having the newest versions of Lion installed.
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  • Use this mailbox for Junk does not appear to work in Mail 4.2.

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    I figured out the problem (for me, anyways). In Preferences > Junk Mail, make sure Junk filtering is enabled and make sure the "move it to junk mailbox" radio button is selected.

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  • Use This Mailbox For...

    In mail under the mailbox menu, there's an item titled "Use This Mailbox For". All the options are grayed out. Why?

    It still doesn't explain why the contents of the "use this mailbox for" is greyed out.
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    In fact the number of greyed out submenus is quite impressive, and not just due to items not being highlighted.
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