Retrieve old downloaded messages Apple Mail OS 10.9 Mavericks

Hi,
I was using Apple Mail to store some old email messages/attachments that I downloaded from a business gmail account.
I no longer work for that company and my business gmail account is inactive so I can't access it online.
I used to be able to access my old email messages/attachments that were downloaded into Apple Mail, but
since the OS 10.9 upgrade, Apple Mail is empty.
The other threads seem to have solutions that sync Apple Mail with active email accounts online.
How do I retrieve my old downloaded messages/attachments?
Thank you,
Jess

Hello Jessvech,
It sounds like you are not seeing emails that were downloaded before the Mavericks upgrade. I suggest reindexing the emails in your Inbox with the following article:
Mail (Mavericks): Reindex messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14876
If Mail detects problems with information in your mailboxes, it may need to repair the mailboxes by reindexing your messages.
At other times, you may want to reindex messages yourself—for example, when searching mailboxes using Subject, To, or From doesn’t return the correct results.
Quit Mail if it’s open.
In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm.To show your home Library folder, hold down the Option key, then in the Finder choose Go > Library.
Open Mail.Mail creates new Envelope Index files. This process may take a few minutes, depending on how many messages Mail is reindexing.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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