Apple Mail -VS- Spotlight question

When I search in Mail, seems like some emails are not found. For example, I enter a word like "package" in the Mail search bar, and select to search everything/everywhere in Mail... some emails are found
But when I do the same word search in Spotlight, I get more, and different, results...
Why ?
Why Mail seems to have a gap in the results (like not a lot of results between 2008 to 2012, but before and after yes) ?

This happens when the option to save drafts on the server is enabled. You can disable this option in Mail under Preferences -> Account -> Mailbox Behaviour.

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<cross posted from: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard due to lack of replys>
going insane! have read a ton of posts but nothing definitive to my problem
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Double-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard (command-C):
imap.gmail.com
Launch the Network Utility application in any of the following ways:
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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Some web browsers and mail clients will automatically convert a domain name such as "www.example.com" to a clickable URL, such as http://www.example.com. That will interfere with the test. If necessary, edit the input in the Network Utility window to remove any added characters.

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