How I reset Mac Mail to default?

I've tried going into Library and deleting the Mail folder and com.apple.mail.plist, It's not working, all sorts of things are wrong with the Mail App, I only got this Mac a month ago... I'm using IMAP, nothing is wrong with the server, I asked my host, It's Mail App, I've even got Outlook for Mac, and that recieves emails fine. In Mac Mail, I'm missing a local Trash folder, next to my Inbox there's exclaimation mark and when I click on that, it says the IMAP server wishes to tell you... "STATUS: FAILED" - Once again, nothing is wrong with the IMAP server...
Could someone please suggest a way for me to reset mail to the stock default, or at least suggest to me why I am recieving "STATUS failed", or why I'm missing a trash folder??
I use MobileMe to sync my settings, could that have messed things up? I actually never managed to get them to fully sync properly, but once I solve this, that'd be all my problems solved (Yes, I know, iCloud is out, one problem at a time).
Please... Don't tell me to reinstall Mac OS X, that's out of the question, I just spent a whole day syncing all my alburms to iTunes, I'm NOT doing that again.
Thanks in advance,
jbrdean.

Hi,
Thanks for trying to help, I did what you said on both my Macs, disabled MobileMe, deleted the account, and re-added it. Same results, I have no trash, and I have a little exclaimation mark next to my Inbox.
I notice that even before I add the account, no trash. I've gone into mailbox behaviours and ticked move deleted items into seperate mailbox, but there is no "seperate" mailbox. When I delete items, they just disappear...
Any ideas?

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