Is it possible to create rules in Mail outside of Preferences?

Having used Mail/Preferences/Rules as the route to create new rules for messages in Mail, I have often thought that there may well be a simpler method which I have not yet discovered, to create new rules (as opposed to applying them) by highlighting the message in the inbox (or whichever mailbox you happen to be using) and creating the rule directly without having to mess around going through the Prefs routine. Anybody found a shortcut?

Thanks for your helpful suggestion andyBall_uk.
I've had a quick look at the second link you included (
http://www.andreasamann.com/MacOSX/Mail_Scripts)but the developer seems to have stopped updated the scripts since Mountain Lion, so I probably won't tangle with one of those as I use 10.8.3.
However I'm going to trial MailActOn and see how I get on. I'll update once I have had a play.
Thanks again - always grateful for constructive replies.

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I think you may be correct. Perhaps it might have helped if I had attached this pic last time -
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11373233/MacDiscussions/Mail%20related/Scree n%20Shot%202013-07-29%20at%2016.50.36.png
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