A really dumb Mail question

Like the subject says, I have a really dumb question.
This morning, my IMAP went nuts, and I spent about an hour trying to fix it. Everything seems to be normal now, and Mail is back up and running (hopefully). But now I noticed something, whenever I get new mail, the number of unread emails doesn't show up to the right side of the main inbox like it does with the other mailboxes I created.
I have rules set up, so certain emails go to certain folders, and those folders display the number of unread messages inside. But not the main inbox.
So now I'm wondering if that was always the case, and this is just paranoia left over from the email mess this morning, causing me to notice something that might have never been there in the first place.
Thanks for any help

Ernie:
The folders are on the IMAP server, and not On My Mac.
Most messages that don't fall under the rules will go to the default inbox.
For those messages that are moved, a number counting the amount of unread messages will show up next to the folder.
Fioba:
That sounds like a good idea, but it seems counter intuitive to need to create a smart mailbox for unread messages, when that is the purpose of the inbox itself.

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