Lost messages appear in Spotlight but not in any mail folders

The first week of June, PowerBook G4 crashed and wouldn't start up again while using Mail. Went to the Genius Bar, they said a corrupt mail file probably brought down the system-we did an archive install and transferred all the messages to Entourage and then re-imported them back to Mail.
When this happened all "sent mail" from Feb 1 until the June 3rd re-install disappeared. I just accepted this. Today, when searching for stuff in Spotlight, some of these "sent mail" messages turned up in Spotlight and when clicked they display. It appears that what I have sent during those missing months is avialable in Spotlight but not to me in Mail.
I have no idea where these messages actually are and how to get them back into a folder in Mail?
Any thoughts. I have the lastest update and have done the usual of Disk Utility, Repair Permissions, Rebuilt my folders, etc.

The Archive & Install did not transfer all existing
Mail.app mailboxes/messages to the new install which
required using Entourage to import all existing
Mail.app data?
If so, the Entourage import does not delete existing
data - it imports only.
Have you deleted the archived previous system
folder?
Something to try.
Quit Mail first and using the Finder, go to Home >
Library > Mail. Copy the Mail folder and place the
copy on the Desktop for backup purposes.
Using the Finder, go to Home > Library > Mail >
Envelope Index. Delete the Envelope Index file and
empty the Trash.
Launch Mail and you will be prompted to import all
mailboxes available within the Mail folder at Home >
Library > Mail.
Select OK and allow the process to complete. This
isn't importing anything but replacing the deleted
Envelope Index file and re-indexing all mailboxes.
After the archive and install, Mail crashed immediately upon opening when using the former Mail folder and its contents. The only way to get Mail to open was to export to Entourage and re-import into Mail. Mail then opened but Feb-June sent messages were missing.
I assumed one or more of the messages was corrupt and was what brought down the system. I just accepted that I would miss those messages. Then in a Spotlight search, the messages started turning up but with no idea of where they are residing.
I did delete after two weeks the previous system folder.
I did try what you asked by making a new envelope index but it didn't help.
I am at the Apple Store in Tokyo right now. Someone who converses in English understands my problem but has no answers.

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