Stop Mail from creating a To-Do folder on email server?

I actually use the Notes and To-Do's function of Mail, however, I don't like the way it creates a folder on the IMAP server to store them, even though they are actually stored on my mac. Basically I want the Note and To-Do functionality to work solely offline.
Is there a way to stop mail creating the "Apple Mail To-Do's' folder?

I know that IMAP is so so so much better than POP, but is setting up your e-mail account to use POP instead of IMAP through Mail an option? I believe that if you were to set it up that way, it wouldn't be able to create that folder to sync with since you're no longer allowing it the IMAP access.

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