Search feature not working in apple mail

The search feature is not working in Apple Mail Yosemite. I enter keywords and get no results. Is there a fix for this?

Hi!
I have the same Problem... Did u try to delete the "Envelope Index"? ( got to Library/Mail/V2/... delete all files Envelope ... Close Mail before! and then restart Mail.)
I tried that but nothing happen... How tu use Mail without search feature!!
MacBook Pro late 2009, Mac OS Yosemite (10.10)

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