Applescript to move incoming mail to a folder

I use IMAP to read mail from different devices, I wish to keep an archive on one computer.
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Looking for a work-around, does anyone have a applescript that will run as a mail rule to move incoming (unread or read) messages to a folder?

While the applescript below works it has the same problem as the rules, does not move message with read set.
Rule
Created a rule with the following conditions
Account myIMAPaccount
Perfor the following actions
Run AppleScript myMoveScript
Stop evaluating rules
Here's the script:
AppleScript run as Mail rule to Move messages
using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages these_messages for rule this_rule
tell application "Mail"
set the message_count to the count of these_messages
repeat with i from 1 to the message_count
set this_message to item i of these_messages
move this_message to mailbox "myArchiveMailbox"
end repeat
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

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