Searching Mail Doesn't Show New Results

I am having a problem with Mail not showing recent emails in search results. For example, an online store that I purchase from regularly uses its name in both the subject line of the email and in their email address. When I reach for the company name, no results more current than mid-March are shown. Outside of Mail, Spotlight seems to be working perfectly, with documents I have created in the past few days showing up in searches. I am running 10.8.3 and am using a icloud/mobileme/.mac email address.
Thanks!

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~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
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Go ▹ Go to Folder
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Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. If you get a warning that the file is in use when you try to empty the Trash, log out and log back in.

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