Mail "To Do" Grayed Out

I saw the other post of the same issue, which was closed and marked as resolved, but I could not find the answer within it.
My "To Do" button is greyed-out in mail. It was there, but after performing some mac updates it is gone. I can post a new to do via no means.
Please help my AR self.

I have the same problem and I wondered how one makes sure that the mail account has a CalDAV calendar. I had tried all the ways I could think of to create a todo from mail 1 From message window tool bar while is a yellow tick it is grayed out, 2 From file New ToDo also grayed out, and 3 selecting the text and right clicking also grayed out . Only have one IMAP account . Interestingly MobileMe will not allow me to upgrade my calendar.
Thanks
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