Mail.app can't start

Hello
Today I woke up my Macbook Pro with an scrambled display just like described in these topics:
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7622233&#7622233
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After rebooting the machine, my Mail.app can't start successfully.
I found this line in the logs:
18/07/08 9:23:42 Mail[210] 18/07/08 9:23:42 Mail[210] Error 11 performing query SELECT COUNT() FROM (SELECT DISTINCT messages.ROWID FROM messages JOIN mailboxes AS mailbox ON messages.mailbox = mailbox.ROWID WHERE (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%40XXX:[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'local:///Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://xxx%[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau.montero%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (messages.type = '2') AND ((messages.flags&2) = 0)): database disk image is malformed (SELECT DISTINCT messages.ROWID FROM messages JOIN mailboxes AS mailbox ON messages.mailbox = mailbox.ROWID WHERE (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'local:///Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau.montero%[email protected]/Deleted%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (mailbox.url != 'pop://pau.montero%[email protected]/Sent%20Messages') AND (messages.type = '2') AND ((messages.flags&2) = 0)): database disk image is malformed
Any idea about can I repair that disc image? I tried disk verification and permission repair only.
Thanks a lot!

I solved the Mail.app start up issue rebuilding the sqllite file "Envelope Index" following the instructions from this tip:
Rebuild your database and speed up Mail.app
http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/02/08/rebuild-your-database-and-speed-up-mailapp/

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