Mail subfolder drag and drop broken?

I store mail in subfolder sin On My Mac, dragging between current and archived work as projects demand (as in, I'll drag the 'client a' folder from 'Work - inactive' to 'Current work' when a job starts. In Leopard, this worked swimmingly. In Snow Leopard, this rarely if ever works. Usually, files move in ~/Library/Mail but not in the Mail UI, leading to empty mailboxes (which sometimes get their mail back after a Mail restart and mailbox rebuild) and 'ghost' mailboxes.
Anyone else having this problem?
*EDIT: Seems to be mostly isolated to the Mail.Appetizer beta. Fewer (almost no) problems when that's disabled.*
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Hi, D.
1. You wrote: "I've tried deleting various caches and preferences like other threads suggest for earlier versions of OS X, with no effect."Without knowing exactly what items you tried removing, I'd suggest — as a general check — running run the Procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
2. An errant Startup or Login Item maybe the cause. My "Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ can help you pin that down if such an item is causing the problem.
3. If none of the above helps, see if you can narrow it down to a specific application, e.g. if the problem only occurs after you launch a specific — and probably third-party — application.
4. Immediately after the problem occurs, check the ends of these Console logs for clues, such as messages relating to PBS or Pasteboard Server.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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