Disable the IMAP folders in Mac Mail?

Hey all.
This is almost a follow up to my other question I asked previously. With Leopard, when I automatically added a Gmail account to mail, it would sync right up no questions asked, and when I wanted to manage the mail on the server, I would have to go to gmail.com or whatever to do so.
Now with SL, when I added my accounts back, the IMAP folders show up and keep everything synced on the website with Mac Mail. Call me counter productive but I prefer them separate like it was before SL. All the IMAP folders are confusing and I prefer like it was with just inboxes and sent boxes. This make any sense to anyone?
By the way, I disabled IMAP on Gmails end, but it causes my account to stop working altogether in Mail.

My question is, why is IMAP enabled by default anyway? Mail was FINE. It handled multiple gmail accounts FINE. Now I have 2 copies of everything in 2 different In Box's, I can see the dumb folder gmail sets up for each account. NOT what I want (it set this all up in the automatic setup dialog that opens when I open Mail and I cannot find a way around it).
It's been said a MILLION times, but I'll say it again: IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
/disable IMAP
/rant over

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