Mail falling apart after adding SMTP server

I recently added a second SMTP server to Mail, which started a string of frustrating bugs, which I haven't ever come across before...
I have 4 different email accounts setup in Mail, and once I added the second SMTP server, one started giving me an "Invalid Directory" error when trying to save the preferences. After searching these forums, it seemed the best way to deal with it was to archive my messages and delete/resetup the account. I did this without too much hassle, but now I'm getting more frustrating bugs...
Messages randomly will lose their content: the subject appears in the list of messages, but the body of the message (which was previously there) has completely disappeared.
Messages won't delete. They become greyed out and the Delete button changes to Undelete when I try to send them to the trash. I searched this problem as well, which led me to Rebuild the offending accounts, but whilst this gets rid of the deleted emails, I suddenly get the content of my inbox copied from another account: the emails in one inbox are also in the rebuilt account and any emails in the rebuilt account disappear.
I also get the same problem when trying to Move emails to Mailboxes: greyed out, but not moved.
These bugs are happening in all my accounts, including RSS feeds.
I hope this makes sense (it all seems a bit convoluted), it's pretty much become a deal breaker for me - I'm tempted to shift away from Mail altogether.
Message was edited by: kodamapixel
Message was edited by: kodamapixel

For others having similar problems: it seems to have helped to remove and recreate all accounts, not just the offending ones. I've had to Rebuild a couple of times since, but Mail seems to have settled down a lot since recreating my accounts.

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