Sync a Smart Folder with it's contents to .mac?

Hi There,
I use Mail with a few smart folders to organise things.... not a power user by any means.
Here is a problem i'd love to find a solution for.
I subscribe to feeds in Mail.app on my main mac at work, during the day i'll flag the ones which i'd like to read further. I use a Smart mailbox to show me only flagged RSS. now, what i'd like to happen is for that Smart mailbox to sync with my .mac account somehow, so when i get home i can read the feeds at leisure...
Any Ideas?
I do know i could use a different app for my feeds, or google reader, but i like keeping things in one place as much as possible..

OK. Today, i finally found half a solution. . .
pretty simple. but works for now- unfortunately I have to manually sync...
so-
I created a smart folder with all flagged feeds in Mail.app
I wanted to view my flagged feeds on my other macs
I didn't want to use yet another piece of software, or web based app.
My simple solution is - keep a folder on my me.com server named RSS...
Now, go to your smart folder, drag and drop all the flagged feeds to your me.com folder.
head home, read feeds, unflag, or better delete when done...
now, can anyone tell me how to create a rule or some-such to make the moving of flagged feeds to my me.com account automatic?
Rules don't seem to have "flagged" only as an option.
thanks thanks thanks!

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