How do I force mail to download older attachments in IMAP?

I'm using (Snow Leopard) Mail to connect to gmail via IMAP.
I'm running out of space and want to archive my gmail messages locally using Mail.
The old gmail messages download and archive nicely, but Mail's leaving the attachments on the server. Is there some way I can force Mail to download all those attachments? There are too many to do it manually.

I don't see an "advanced" tab in preferences. The is one under the "accounts" tab, but it doesn't offer a "Keep(ing) copies of message for offline viewing" option.
Is this a difference between 10.5 and 10.6?
Message was edited by: barryparr

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