[X-Newbies] Junk mail folder

[Rodney A.Hoiseth]

This is a real OS-X newbie question (and peripherally a Mail newbie 
question--I'm still making the transition from Eudora).

My Junk mailbox icon (in the mailbox "drawer") currently shows (4) 
unread messages, but when I select the Junk mailbox, the messages don't 
appear in the viewer window; the window appears to be empty.

I know one possible cause--at one point I tried (unsuccessfully, I 
thought) to delete two mailboxes that appeared under the junk icon in 
the drawer--but I don't have a clue as to how to fix it.

I thought I had found the clue: "Rebuild" in the "Mailbox" menu, but 
it's grayed out when Junk is selected...

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Rodney
(in Hayama, Japan)

PS I'm on digest, so if you think you have the definitive answer (or 
even a good suggestion) could you please Cc it to me at 
Mailto:rothcorp at jcom.home.ne.jp so I'll get it sometime before the next 
digest decides to appear. Thanks.