What's the terminal command to reindex mail?

Hi all!
I have a corrupt POP mailbox (among a dozen or so active accounts I check with mail). Using the "rebuild" command simply loses all but the past few days of messages. Trashing the envelope files in my library file and forcing a reindex has the same effect -- I lose all but a couple of days worth of messages.
I have seen, in pre-Lion postings, references to using this command in terminal to fix a corrupt mailbox:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum;
But I am not sure that the syntax is correct, given that the subdirectories of the ~/Library/Mail folder were changed in Lion.
Does anyone have the correct syntax for this?
Any other help tips and suggestions would also be appreciated. The problem appears to affect only the inbox for one of my many accounts.
Thanks for any help!
Greg

Hi hello
Tell me, you try make a magic triangle with Lion ?
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