Dock mail icon stuck with false reading

Hi All,
Switched from Tiger to Leopard (10.5.8) for a test ride... so far just some minor glitches... One of them, quite annoying, is the mail icon on the dock which stuck with completely false reading of "unread" messages; otherwise is functioning fine. That happened after upgraded the application to v.3.6.
How can I reset this display function of the icon?
Thanks in advance for trying to help.
A Happy and Peaceful 2012 to all!

Two possible fixes...
Create a Smart Mailbox to show unread messages, check that then to see what they are & either delete them or read them to correct the count.
Try rebuilding *all* the Mail folders (not just the inbox), Mail>Mailbox>Rebuild, after highlighting them.

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