Mail (v5.0) doesn't sync IMAP folders

Hi,
Since I upgraded my mac from SL to Lion, I've a big problem with Apple Mail. It doesn't sync any of the folders of my IMAP Account except the INBOX. I tried several things
deleted the whole /mail/ folder in the library
created a new user account on my mac and tried it there with my mail account
tested it on the mac of my brother (then we saw, that he has the same problem like me)
everytime there was the same result, I see the mails in my inbox, but I don't see any folder of my mailaccount.
My folderstructure (which I see in Thunderbird or in the webinterface) is build like this:
Inbox
    folder a
    folder b
    folder c
draft
junk
sent
trash
folder 1
folder 2
folder 3
But in Mail I only see:
Inbox
(no sent, no draft, etc.)
I tried to search through the board, but I didn't find a proper solution for this problem. I hope that you can help me.
Thanks
Florian

My missing folders problem has been solved. I'm not sure if both of these steps are needed because in my desire to get a fix, I tried them both back to back without letting Mail syncronize between. They are easy enough to do, so I'd try them both unless you desire to tease apart what's going on.
These steps were suggested at another forum for solving an issue with missing IMAP folders.
The first step I did was to log into my Excahnge Server email account via the web portal and created a new folder called "NewFolder" as a subfolder in an already existing folder (not the inbox). [This is the step described in the other forum, but the directions were not too clear, so I decided to try the next step in case that is what they were talking about.]
Next, I went into Mail 5.0 and selected New Mailbox... in the Mailbox menu and selected the Excahnge Server email account, and created a folder named "Newer Folder".
After clicking OK, all of the missing Exchange folders appeared under the account name in the Sidebar.
Just to be sure everything was synced, I expanded and shift-selected all of the folders and the selected "Rebuild" in the Mailbox menu. When that was done, then for good measure, I selected "Synchronize" in the Mailbox folder and chose the Exchange Server account.

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