Lion Smart Mailboxes and replies

I'm trying to set up my first ever smart mailbox. The intent of this specific mailbox is to track orders as they come in. I do not want to include any replies or replies to replies in this box. But I can't seem to make that happen.
Here are the criteria I set up, set to meeting ALL of the conditions:
Subject contains "payment received"
Subject does not contain "Re:"
Date received is between "0 and 13 months"
Yet with these conditions, at least half of the subjects that appear begin with "Re: Payment received ..."
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any suggestions.

Well, that would explain it. :) I'm so used to things "just working"...especially (if I remember correctly) there was a way to do it with Mobile Me, no matter the OS version.
Thanks, mate
Richard

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