Jeff,
Why don't you try to use filters and labels instead of search folders.
I have an imap account, too. Just create filter rules which label mails
in a certain way, e.g. all mails having Received-Date in 2003 get a
label, called 2003. Then you can create other rules which move mail
according to
Environment: evo 2.26.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
Email storage:
1. imap work account with no folders other than INBOX
2. maildir account with a hierarchy of folders (675 total). Email gets
moved from imap/INBOX to maildir/FOLDER for storage & archiving.
I have years worth of email, going all th