Mail always creates To-Dos in IMAP folder.. message pop-ups annoying.

I tried to create a new todo in Mail by right-clicking on a message and choosing the option.
Apart from the text styling looking very ugly, I can't use this feature because a message keeps popping up:
+Different versions of a To Do item have been found for the account "Gmail"+
No matter which button I press to close the dialogue it keeps coming back. Eventually I have to look in the Gmail To-do folder and delete the to-do.
I notice this bug was found back in Feb 2008 on Leopard: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=80739
I have tried changing the preference for notes to be created 'On My Mac' and not in Gmail IMAP but the preference does not seem to do anything - it still keeps dropping them in the Gmail account. This is after closing prefs, quitting and restarting Mail.
Very annoying.
Anyone know how to solve it?
Is this an OS X bug?

quit Mail, open iCal and delete all gmail to-dos. start Mail and see if that helps.

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