exclude archive inbox in mail search

Hi everyone,

I'm having some hard times using Apple Mail app.

I've got around 8 mail accounts having multiple folders each.

In the Mail app it looks like this:

Inbox

• Account 1
• Account 2
• Account 3...

Flagged

...

Archive

• Account 1
• Account 2
• Account 3...

On My Mac

Account 1

• Mailbox A (dir or label in gmail)
  • Mailbox 1
    • Mailbox X
    • Mailbox Z
  • Mailbox 2
  • Mailbox 3
• Mailbox B
• Mailbox C

Account 2

Account 3

I do organise my email manually by using drag&drop and flags.

But.... searching fails.

Example:

1. A new email arrived to Inbox->Account 1

2. A copy has been created in Archive-> Account 1 as my Archive is connected to Gmail -> All Emails IMAP folder

3. I drag the email to Account 1->folder->some folder...

4. Search for email content and got results from Archive -> Account 1 folder only

If I select the Account 1 -> top level folder on the left side menu I do get the email in the search results

But:

Its not possible to select "Account 1" only the subfolders

• Mailbox A
• Mailbox B
• Mailbox C

So I'm not able to perform a search on A, B, C at the same time.

Is this a bug?

I've been trying to use the Smart Folders to exclude the Archive but Its not possible to save such filter -> gives me an error that the Query is incorrect.

Will Airmail3 give me an option to perform a search on multiple folders/accounts excluding certain folders?