Unable to move message into new folder in Mail 3.1

Hi
I just added a new folder in Mail, but cannot move a message from my inbox (IMAP) into it. I can move messages into other, older folders, but not into any folders I created today. This is happening with both local and IMAP folders created today.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
D

Okay, here's what I find:
My home directory: drwxr-xr-x+ owner=me
~/Library: drwx------+ owner=me
~/Library/Mail: drwx------ owner=me
Continue to the local mailboxes:
~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes: drwx------ owner=me
~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/(top-most level): drwx------ owner=me
~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/(top-most)/(next level): drwx------ owner=me
That gets us to the info I gave previously, which I already fixed using chown.
If we continue to the +remote (IMAP)+ mailbox:
~/Library/Mail/(imap account): drwx------ owner=me
~/Library/Mail/(imap account)/INBOX: drwx------ owner=me
And that again brings us to the level where the original problem was (and the individual directory that I have corrected using chown.)
So I can fix each directory individually using chown, but I'd like to fix the cause.
Thanks!

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