Drag and drop in Apple Mail

I just upgraded to OS X 10.9.1. When I started the Mail program, I was told that the mail database was being upgraded. Now I can no longer drag and drop e-mail messages between Mail folders like I could before. Is anyone else experiencing this same issue? I can use the Move to command. I really like dragging and dropping messages. I don't want to have to use the 'Move to' option if I don't have to. Does anyone know how to get back drag and drop?

SOLVED. I needed to reindex the entire mailbox database. The initial reindex when I first started Mail after the update to 10.9.1 did not work completely, and neither did reindexing individual mailboxes. Drag and drop has been restored.

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