Mail Activity Weirdness

When I click the "Get Mail" button the Mail Activity shows twice the amount of mail I receive. For example, the Mail Activity will show "receiving 8 of 8 messages." However, only four messages will show in the Inbox. I have a Mobile Me account. Are these four messages also being sent to my Mobile Me account? If not, where are they going?
Many thanks in advance.

Is it always precisely twice as much? If not, you've probably got some spam in there that's being filed in the Junk mailbox.

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