No sound on new mail

I have done some research and found this (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10762187&#10762187) but alas, my problem is different.
Ok, this is what I see...
* in Mail, I open Preferences > General and have "Ping" set for "New mail sound". (it's slightly louder than the default sound, but it doesn't matter which sound I use, it doesn't work
* "Dock unread count" = "Inbox Only" (see below)
I am using an IMAP account to a server I run locally. There are folders that appear under Inbox and at the present time non of them have any badges indicating new mail. Under the account (further down) where there are top level mail boxes there are several folders with badges indicating the unread count....
All looks good so far, then this is where the problem lies...
When I receive new mail, the badge on the mail application in the dock comes up, but no sound comes up. That badge relates directly to the inbox and new mail. But INSIDE the mail application, no matter what I do, I can not get an unread mail badge on the inbox itself. I can have any number of new mail in the inbox root, and I can see them unread (bolded) on the right side of the screen, but there is no unread count on the inbox itself (and for whatever reason this is where I think the sound alert is linked to. Because this badge is not showing up, I not get sound. It's just a hunch, but I think I'm on the game
BTW before anyone asks, yes, my sound is turned on and not muted.
What am I missing???

I have found a work around, but it doesn't always work.
My processes thus far: I opened up Mail on a Snow Leopard and IMAP'd into the same mail account and the badge was located on the inbox. Sure enough, it sounds everytime new mail is received.
The ONLY way I can get the badge to appear on the main inbox, is to have mail monitor SEVERAL mail accounts. When I added a second IMAP account, the inbox suddenly had an unread count badge. Thinking my problem was solved, I deleted the second account and along with it, the badge also disappeared. I re-entered the account and it's back.
As I said, it still doesn't always sound for new mail, but it does sound MORE often. I'm not going to mark this as resolved, since I feel this is still a problem

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