Thunderbird + Labels/Filters

I have recently started using Thunderbird to handle my new email account. Prior to this, I was using gmail as my primary email address. I grew accustomed to my ability to organize my mail using filters and labels.

In gmail, if you add +label to the end of your address, you can easily set up a filter to send all mail with that extension to a specific folder.
ie: username+label@gmail.com

Is there a similar approach in Thunderbird. I tried the method above in Thunderbird, but never received an email. Does anyone have any recommendations?