Searching for keywords in Apple Mail 5.2 desktop

Question

I can easily use the Search feature in Mail 5.2 and it will show messages with the keyword I am looking for, but I can find no way for it to display the message or to tell me what specific mailbox the message is located.  I must be overlooking something very basic, but I cannot find any specific direction either in help or in the forums.  The message I am looking for shows up in the Drop Down list under the categories People, Subjects, and Mailboxes--but no matter which area I click on no message is shown, only the criteria specific category now shows in the Search box and clicking on that produces nothing.
Again, I must be overlooking something or else there is some glitch in Mail.
I will greatly appreciate any suggestions or fixes.
Message was edited by: Hunter06

Answer 1

Updated Information:  I created a rule in my PC Outlook 2010 which makes a copy of all my mail and puts into another folder.   As I stated above, all my sub-folders seem to be getting e-mail just fine.  So, in this case I am now getting my inbox mail too, just its in another directory.  Of course I am getting double mail, but thats ok for now.
I also had deleted all mail from my inbox from Thunderbird and re-started Apple Mail, which had no clue my mail was deleted.   I used the "Rebuild" option, and then it finally figured out the mail was deleted.   I went into the INBOX folder on the Mac and the individual files were gone now.  I now have an empty inbox folder, and no new mail coming in (inside the Apple Mail folder).
After all this, I am still not getting mail in the inbox.   This is very strange.   I thought it might be something clogging up the works, but no such luck.   Still, any help would be appreciated.    Can I truly be the only person having this problem?  At this point, it seems like I need to delete the account and re-create and see what happens.   That would make me really disappointed in Apple Mail, something I wouldnt expect.