Where are the e-mails?

I reinstalled mail today, put the old mail folder back in the library from the user library folder.
Now mail says it has 2 or more messages, except I don't see them...
I am getting pretty desperate here... Where did my mail go?
You would think that if you keep your library mail folder and insert it in the same space again after reinstalling, that everything will be there.
Rules, spam, signatures, it is all gone...
I am pretty sure that I put the correct folder back, it also does not help to rebuild the mailboxes...
Any insight????

Catherine,
You have evidence of leftover files from when operating in Panther and Mail 1.3 -- specifically, all but Info.plist and the Messages folder are no longer needed, and if you check the dates the others were last modified, you find that it will prior to the upgrade to Tiger. These can be very problematic in ways not easy to describe. There are number of topics about the issue of leftover files. I want you to read the article at the link below, and perhaps get back to me with some observations, before attempting any changes:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301315
This issue of leftover files applies not only to mailboxes you have previously created (which are in the Mailboxes folder the article mentioned) but can also apply to those mailboxes in account folders created prior to the upgrade to Tiger.
Also, please examine the size of each file or folder. It is very important to compare the size of the file named "mbox" with that of the Messages folder. If the mbox is greater in size than the Messages folder, then not all messages have been converted to be in the Messages folder. If Messages is larger, then probably all were converted -- if none are know to be missing from before the upgrade to Tiger, then simply remove all leftover files.
The path to the Mail folder is Home/Library/Mail -- within the Mail folder are one or more account folders and the Mailboxes folder.
In a pre-conversion to Tiger mailbox, the only file that really mattered, in regard to message content, was the file "mbox". In a mailbox properly created and established in Tiger, the only thing that really matters is the folder named Messages.
Once all leftover files have been removed (done while Mail is NOT running, btw), then at the first level of the Mail folder, find the file named Envelope Index -- delete it, and relaunch Mail. Mail will say it is ready to import all your mailboxes-- allow this to continue, and it will only be re-indexing all the mailboxes, and all the messages should once again be accessible.
If you think missing, pre-Tiger are missing, then they might be in the mbox files, and the lengthy topic at the link below, may also be of assistance:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=413196
Let me know any questions, or discomfort you have.
Ernie

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