Spotlight results locations

Hello, I was looking for a mail message that I was sure was still in my inbox by typing in a word from it in Spotlight. The message appeared in the results, but I don't know where it is located within. I saw a topic in here about Control- or Command- clicking on the result and then selecting Open Enclosing Folder but the only thing that happens when I do that is the message shows in my Desktop and there is no option to select anything. Can someone help me find where this message is? Thanks!

Ok, I clicked on the message in the Spotlight results then when I clicked on Show in Mailbox, though, it just brought the Mail window to the front. Hmm, maybe it isn't in the Mail library, I thought. But when I followed sig's instructions the message I was looking for happened to be the fifth one down (sorry, I just migrated over from a PC and just now figured out what 'home' is). I previewed each of the messages using Quick Look, but would rather something tell me that this message was 3893.emlx right off. I then wanted to put the message back in my Inbox so I dragged it over to POP-username/INBOX.mbox/Messages, but it doesn't show up in the Mail window Inbox. Hmm... Should I not be able to 'restore' the message to my Inbox? Am I doing something wrong?
Also, I looked for Show Paths in both Mail and Finder helps but no luck. Where is that?
Well, the message definitely exists on my drive, but it doesn't want to behave like a mail message anymore. : ( Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!
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