Invisible messages in Mail?

Going through old mail, I came across a message from a friend, a reply to one I'd sent him. Curious what it was I'd sent him, I did a search for the subject, and there was the original message -- only it wasn't. In the search results the original message is listed, but the "Mailbox" field is blank, and when I click on the message listed it opens a blank window. There's a "Show in Mailbox" link in the window, but if I click on it nothing happens. There must be a message, since Mail finds it in a search; but where is it? It's not in the Sent mailbox (the logical choice).
This has actually happened several times this morning, as I've been going through old mail. In the other cases, I've viewed an old email, then done a search for its subject, then found it in the results, together with what appears to be an identical copy of the same email, but with the "Mailbox" field blank; and when I click on the copy to view it, I get a blank window. This is odd behavior, but nothing seemed to be lost; Mail just seemed to be creating a "ghost" copy of the email for some reason. But in this most recent case, it seems to have misplaced (?) an email I haven't viewed, though it can still find it in a search.
Is there a way to force Mail to re-index its data? Is it going to lose more mail if I do so?

Is there a way to force Mail to re-index its data?
Yes. The problem is that your Mail index appears to be corrupted, so you need to rebuild it like this:
1. Quit Mail if it's running.
2. Go to ~/Library/Mail and delete the Envelope Index file(s).
3. Restart Mail, wait for it to import your existing messages, then check to see if things are back to normal, which they should be.
Is it going to lose more mail if I do so?
You haven't lost any mail; the program just doesn't know that it still has it.
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