Missing mail folders

Installed SL and apart from a couple of things that were solved by the help of comments here everything is great.
The only thing that I cant work out is that on my hotmail account I have various folders with rules that used to show up in the mail app, now they don't. Its not a massive issue, I can always go to the website and get what I need but was wondering if anyone knows a way I can see these in the mail app again
Thanks in advance

GOB: Quit Mail. In the Finder, go to HOME/Library/Mail and locate a folder whose name starts with the account type (POP, IMAP, .Mac), followed by the account username and the incoming mail server. This is the account folder in the Mail database. Open it and look for a folder called Drafts.mbox. Can you find it there? If not, choose Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C) and paste it in your reply to this post so that we can see which items are within your account folder.
Scapesuiter: I'm confused now. What is that "Drafts folder" thing you're talking about? There is no such folder in my HOME/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ directory, and I have no idea how could I ever create it from within Mail itself if I wanted to. What am I missing?

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