Mail rules -- apply only to inbox or all mailboxes?

I've done a major revamp of my Mail application. I used to have a dozen or so mailboxes, and some had rules that would move newly arrived messages from my inbox to a designated mailbox.
I've now opted instead to use a dozen or so 'smart mailboxes.' I've moved all my messages back to my inbox and deleted the dozen or so mailboxes. The smart mailboxes nicely filter the messages as I've constructed the smart mailbox rules. However, I still have two mailboxes whose content isn't easily filtered via smart mailboxes.
Now, back to my inbox .... It's got a few thousand messages. My goal is to create a mail rule in preferences that would move anything older than 30 days into secondary mailbox. If I write this rule and run it, does it apply ONLY to my inbox? Or to the inbox and any other mailboxes?

I played around with it and found out that my rule to move older docs to a separate folder only runs on my inbox, as I had hoped.

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For me, it never counted it as new. It would just appear.
I deleted the Mail preference file and that seemed to fix some things, even though it did require me to re-setup Mail almost entirely. This morning, though, I got an email from my girlfriend that did not filter at all, even though the email address she sent from is in a rule. Might be an isolated incident, though.

When are Mail rules applied?

OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, Mail 7.3
I have created several Mail rules, including one the delete unsolicited mesages either from certain senders or to certain addresses. The rule reads like:
If 'any' of the following conditions are met:
'From' 'is equal to' 'Online Casino'
'To' 'contains' 'fax@<mydomain>'
<several more similar>
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Andrew
PS I have not read or downloaded these messages from this IMAP server on another device

Mail rules only apply automatically to the Inbox when email arrives. If your email provider is marking them as spam, it may be moving them to the Spam (Junk) folder on their server. Rules won't fire on those.
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