Disappeared Outbox and Draft mailboxes

I seem to have lost both the Drafts and Outbox mailboxes from my left hand toolbar. I am running OX Leopard, not having been a very frequent user of my Mail system I am not sure when they went. suddenly I am a frequent user and am now missing them badly.
I have checked my Library and they are both showing there - but I'm not sure how to extract them, also they do not appear in the Mailbox Behaviours tab of Preferences.
PLEASE does anyone have any bright ideas? on a quick look through, I couldn't find any answers so far, although one thread has helped me get my Junk mailbox back thank you!
cheers
ZTG

This is the only Apple guidance I could find on archive mailboxes. I do not use one, so I have no thoughts... One of my E-mail accounts is a G-mail one. I do not like Google's mail application so I use it for one specific purpose.
Mail (Yosemite): Use the Archive mailbox
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