Why can't mail automatically go back to inbox if marked "not junk"??

I hope someone who has the power to change this annoying feature reads this post.
In Apple Mail Inbox - if I mark an e-mail as junk, it is automatically moved to the Junk folder. But if I select an e-mail in the Junk mail folder, and I click it to be "not junk", it just changes the color of the text, but the e-mail remains in the Junk mail folder. Why can't it then automatically be moved to the normal inbox?? Certainly not too much to ask - in fact, I think this should be a logical expectation from the vast majority of users.
Please Apple - this is poor programming and needs to be fixed!

Hi -
Hmm, mine used to do this a few days ago, but doesn't now . . . ??
The only think I've done is to change the rules.
My settings are to look for an address in my address book or previous
recipients - if not, send to trash. In another discussion, this apparently
doesn't work all the time, and nobody knows why.
When I open the trash and find lots of messages that shouldn't be there,
clicking on "Not Junk" just keeps in trash.
Sigh . . .
Steve

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