After deleting "Envelope Index" files Mail cannot re-index

I followed the common suggestion of deleting "Envelope Index" files to speed up mail, but after restarting Mail, it freezes when re-indexing my archive: it blocks after indexing just 6,000 messages out of my 600,000 messages (I have a pretty big email archive). I've tryed anything (reinstalling Mail, importing in Thunderbird or Postbox), but no way to get back to my email archieve
Moreover: I couldn't find Envelope Index* files in my Time Machine backup (tried "find" via shell, but no way)!
Special prizes to anyone who can help me!
Thanks.

I followed the common suggestion of deleting "Envelope Index" files to speed up mail
That's not a way to speed up Mail.
Please follow these directions to delete the Mail "sandbox" folder.
Back up all data.
Triple-click the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder — not just its contents — to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Log out and log back in. Launch Mail and test. If the problem is resolved, you may have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window. If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Post your results.
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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