Enhancements to New Smart Mailboxes

I would like Apple to add two enhancements to the user experience of creating Smart Mailboxes.
1) I would like to be able to right click on an item in my Inbox or Sent mail list and be able to select a menu item, "New Smart Mailbox..." from the popup menu.
2) I would like newly created Smart Mailboxes to be automatically positioned in alphabetical order in the SMART MAILBOXES list.
Other's thoughts on this?

michael,
For item #1, www.apple.com/feedback
For item #2, All my Smart Mailboxes that appear under "Smart Folder" folder sort into alphabetical order automatically. Are your's grouped under one folder?
Regards

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