How download emails in IMAP folders?

I store many emails in folders (not Inbox / Sent) on an IMAP email account (not iCloud).
In Mail App then my inbox/sent IMAP folders are auto-sync'd and all email messages downloaded from server to Mail App. Great. But it seems that mail messages in an IMAP folder are only downloaded if I click on the related folder, so do download email messages in 100 folders then I need to click one-by-one on each folder. Email messages that are not downloaded clearly do not appear in any search functionality with Mail App.
Is there a setting or way to force Mail App to download email messages with IMAP folders?

You could search within the account in question, not globally:
# Right-click on the account name in the folder list to the left
# select "Search Messages" from the menu
# enter your search criteria, use the [+] button to add further lines
# in the result list, you should see "Location" as a column

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