Can I change the sort order of labels in evolution?

Can I change the sort order of labels in evolution? In Evolution an email can be labeled by selecting from a pop-up menu. New items can be added right there on the menu. The new label is then added to the bottom of the list.
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"The labels are stored in ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/mail/%gconf.xml. Here's the defaults, plus 1:

<entry name=""labels"" mtime=""1254501809"" type=""list"" ltype=""string"">
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>I_mportant:#EF2929|$Labelimportant</stringvalue>
</li>
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>_Work:#F57900|$Labelwork</stringvalue>
</li>
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>_Personal:#4E9A06|$Labelpersonal</stringvalue>
</li>
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>_To Do:#3465A4|$Labeltodo</stringvalue>
</li>
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>_Later:#75507B|$Labellater</stringvalue>
</li>
<li type=""string"">
<stringvalue>_Junk:#42b2adbc5aa4|_junk</stringvalue>
</li>
</entry>

I added junk from within the evolution preferences window. When I add an entry manually here, or when I change the order of the entries, they appear to be overwritten by something. Even changing the 'mtime' attribute - the attruibute gets reset to it's 'pre edited by me' value.

Using gconftool-2:

gconftool-2 --dump /apps/evolution > mail-prefs.xml

edit the xml file in your favorite text editor. Then:

gconftool-2 --load mail-prefs.xml

This worked for me on ubuntu 9.05, evolution 2.26.1"