Why is mail creating folders on my mac AND my mail server?

strange things happening, please tell me i am not alone.
i have an IMAP account set up in mail
preferences>accounts>mailbox behaviors i have all unchecked except for 'move deleted messages to the trash'
everytime i open mail, or even while its open, all these mailboxes get created. i have an inbox inside my inbox, which has a deleted messages folder inside that. plus another deleted messages folder under the 'on my mac' heading in the sidebar. then there is another set of folders below that: deleted messages, drafts, sent and trash. what is going on here?
and to top it off, if i log into my mail server, there are two new folders, one called 'deleted messages' and another called 'apple mail to do'
i dont even know where to begin.... when i delete the folders, they keep coming back...
should i delete the 'mail' folder in the user library and the com.apple.mail.plist file and start over?

Hi Geoff,
It sounds like your mail service provider has created some default folders in your account e.g. sent, trash etc. Mail cannot know which folders to use so it creates it's own e.g. Apple Mail To Do, Deleted Messages.
If you look at the sidebar in Mail after you create the account, you should see a section (probably near the bottom) that has the name of your IMAP account. Click on the disclosure triangle and you should see the folders that your mail service provider set up for you. If you would prefer to use one of those then choose Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For > Drafts/Sent/Trash/Junk as appropriate. You will then find that the folders Mail created in the other parts of the sidebar get moved and replaced by the ones you selected. You can safely delete the folders created by Mail afterwards if you like (move any messages you want to keep first though).
Mail will still create Apple Mail To Do.
Finally, the INBOX within the INBOX sounds like you need your IMAP Path Prefix set properly in the preferences for your account. Put the words that appear in square brackets in there.
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