Draft message saved has disappeared - can't be found!

This is driving me insane!!
I just wrote a LONG and really imporant message in Mail. Saved it with a title but no recipient. When I was done, I saved and closed the message.
Now the message can't be found!! It's not Mail app, search yields nothing, it's not in the /Library/Mail/... mailboxes. What happened? Is this a known issue??
I searched here but didn't find anyone with a problem similar to mine.
I desperately need to find that message. I'm praying it can be found.
Please help.
Gabriel
P.S. I have store drafts on server checked

Hello. I use my Apple Mail only in a limited fashion, but have always wanted to know more about the ins and outs of mail, so I just viewed a few tutorials and Googled a few queries. This is perplexing. It seems the most recent common problem for Mail users is actually the inverse of yours - people cannot delete their drafts! How weird. Your problem struck a chord in me since years ago I drafted a very long important letter in hotmail not realising it had timed out and in a blink my text was lost forever. Getting back to Apple Mail, though, it seems to very very timid about deleting drafts, so that's a good sign. Even junk mail and stuff you have to persistently click a few times to really trash anything (it bugs me that my mail deletes do not go properly to the OS trash can though). I don't know what I'd do if I were in your shoes, but there is an idea you may want to try - use free after market OSX search apps: EasyFind and FindAnyFile. On occasion they have helped me locate VERY well hidden material that I could not locate using Spotlight (I have since then discovered secret Spotlight tricks, but still I like these aftermarket tools). It will take some time and patience to make best use of these tools but it just may do the trick. Sorry to hear about your problem - it's nerve wracking (I know).

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