N8/Belle: "new message" icons confused

I have an N8 that is supposedly fully up to date with Belle and the related software.  Nothing has been configured yet with any of the new Microsoft apps.
The last update was installed yesterday, for the "new widgets", etc.
The problem was that at the top of the screen, to the left of where the GPS satellite image would appear during satellite access, there is a flashing white envelope.  Nothing I have done will get rid of it.
Supposedly this is if your mailbox is full - I emptied out all the mailbox folders.  I thought the mail program was even more confused than I originally thought, so I deleted everything.  No luck.
Then today, I now have a white envelope below the time on the 'lock screen'.   Again, nothing seems to be able to get rid of it.  Messages were cleared out, draft folders emptied...  
Anyone know where this stuff comes from, and better yet, how to get rid of it?
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You were correct - I tried to follow the built-in manual's instructions to get to the SIM card, but it didn't work. I gave up and put the SIM card in an old phone that doesn't have any of the high-tech stuff, and deleted all the messages on the SIM card, then put it back in the N8. Problem solved. Everything works fine again.
Having just read your message, I tried it your way - and while there are no messages left to be dealt with, your instructions worked fine.
(That anyone would put that flashing icon on the phone, with no way to identify what is wrong, is beyond me. If Nokia is serious about the N8, which I'm sure they're not, they'd let a person click on the flashing envelope and get a message as to what the problem is.)
.............side thought. With this update, Belle is a lot less annoying than it used to be. Apparently the new update doesn't fix all the problems with Belle, but at least it takes care of some of the most annoying ones. The phone is like an old shoe...... it might not be as good as it once was, but it's comfortable. Maybe I'll stop trying to sell it..........

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