On my mac mailboxes corrupted

I have upgraded to to Lion and now my "on my mailboxes" are no longer alpahbetical and and each mailbox show the directory structure below ie.
mailbox
     /36 digit number inc hyphens/
          /data/
               /0/
                    /1/
                         /messages
               /1/
                    /1/
                         /messsages
are they converted incorectly or should they be hidden?
Thanks

John,
Create a New User Account, and as that New User launch Mail and try setting up one email account - if POP select to leave messages on the server. See the following if not familiar with adding a new user account:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8235.html
Then create one or more On My Mac mailboxes as this New User, and see if the header will appear.
The reason for doing this is to test the Mail app itself, and not to permanently switch to a new user account. Tell us if the behavior continues in that New User Account with Mail?
Ernie

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