Mac Mail do not read/show emails prior Lion update

Hi!
I have faced the same problems as many others with Mac Mail (on my iMac), ie. could not launch Mail after update. Solved that problem with deleting some plist-files and everything looked good.
However, Mail can not read/show/find emails prior the update from yesterday. At the top of Mail screen it states I have 8919 emails in my inbox. In the left column (or second left after mailbox(es) column) can I see from whom emails was sent and headlines, but when I click on one of them (it doesn't matter which one prior the update) the message won't show up in bigger field to the right. It just says: Reading..., and the gray spinning icon (shown at start up) spins endlessly.
Emails I received after update yesterday show up as the should do. Very strange when my emails seem to be there according to figure (8919) at top, but Mail seem not be able to find them. Any solution to that and I would be highly greatful.
Cheers /Friss

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