Deleted Account's mail shows as unread in dock icon

*Short version...* I deleted an account and now my dock icon reads 403 unread messages. Problem is I can't find them to get rid of them.
*Long version...* Got my old computer from last job before they closed the doors permanently. I simply disabled the work email account since then and all the old emails (that were not put into "On My Mac" folders for reference") eventually got deleted since I had the preferences set to delete after a month.
Now I decide to delete the account entirely. I do so, and now the dock icon reads 403 unread messages. I play with the "Dock unread count" preference in Mail. The # disappears when it is set to "None" or "Inbox Only". So, the offending mail must be in some hidden mailbox.
So, in playing around, I recreated the deleted account using as much of the old data I can remember. The original server for the mail is long gone, so no new mail is being checked. It didn't show up the old messages, but when I disable the recreated account, the 403 unread message counter goes away (like it has been the last few months). When I enable it, the # reappears. So, it looks like I partially got control of the old account, but the messages are still hidden somewhere.
Using Mail 3.6 on OS 10.5.7. Any advice?? How can I reset the counter or find the mail?

thanks Golden, that's what I found I needed to do. None of the sidebar indicators (that there were unread messages in that particular folder) were working. But if you opened a subfolder and looked thru, you could find some unread. The funny thing was that these messages appeared only when I enabled or deleted that old account, and they were all over the place (Sent, Deleted, junk, and On-My-Mac folders) and in all of my other accounts (I have 5 others). But all fixed now. thanks.

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