Inbox in Mail showing (4294963841 messages) but inbox is empty

in OS X 10.5.7 while using Mail 3.6 (935/935.3) My inbox header shows:
Inbox (4294963841 messages)
but my inbox is empty. This started occurring after upgrading to 10.5.7
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I'm having the same problem and have only noticed it since upgrading to 10.5.7. I've tried rebuilding the mailbox a few times, disabling the GrowlMail bundle, vacuuming Mail's SQLite database, and even tdeleting the account and starting over. (It's a Gmail account I connect to via IMAP.) And yet:
Inbox (4294966402 messages)
And the inbox is empty. I sent it an email and I get this report:
Inbox (4294967161 messages, 1 unread)
Not sure how one message counts as over 700, but there you go.
This is one of two Gmail accounts I check separately, and the other account is not behaving in this manner.
Mail also has some trouble quitting—I often have to force quit it. Not sure of those are related or not, but I have noticed it. Otherwise, this odd reporting of messages is benign, but bizarre.
Message was edited by: Arlo Guthrie (changed a misspelled word)

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