Have you selected: 'View ' > Folders' > 'All'

If you select that view, is the count correct?

Toad-Hall said

Have you selected: 'View ' > Folders' > 'All' If you select that view, is the count correct?

I'm using a Mac and your suggestion doesn't seem to tell me much. I would like to know where these ghost messages are. Thanks.

But have you set View|Folders|All?

View|Folders|Unified, for instance, gives me similar results to what you describe. View|Folders|Unread would hide previously-read messages.

A lot of help on the web refers to Windows' layout. This article:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Menu_differences_in_Windows,_Linux,_and_Mac

may clarify what you need to change for it to make sense on a Mac.

Thanks.