Hi, The count doesn't display unread messages, but rather "new" messages, which is the same as the messaging indicator. A message is only considered new if it was delivered since you last navigated in a particular message folder.
If the count on the launcher is the sum of the counts in the messaging menu, then it's working as intended. We don't display unread count because it generally isn't interesting for most people, and results in the launcher showing a permanent count until you have zero unread e-mail -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848774 Title: Icon does not show right amount of unread email Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Not sure if this is a Unity or Thunderbird bug, but when I read email (and therefore changing them from "unread" to "read" and then look at the thunderbird application icon (in alt-tab or in the unity launcher), the number does not seem to decrease correctly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: thunderbird 7.0~b2+build2+nobinonly1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/controlC2', '/dev/snd/hwC2D0', '/dev/snd/hwC2D1', '/dev/snd/hwC2D2', '/dev/snd/hwC2D3', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D9p', '/dev/snd/by-id', '/dev/snd/controlC3', '/dev/snd/pcmC3D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC3D0p', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D1p', '/dev/snd/midiC1D0', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: BuildID: 20110906004732 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,1458e601,00100001' Controls : 40 Simple ctrls : 22 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Juli'/'ESI Juli@ at 0xcf00, irq 21' Mixer name : 'ICE1724 - multitrack' Components : '' Controls : 36 Simple ctrls : 14 Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfcffc000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 14 HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de0014,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 4 Card3.Amixer.info: Card hw:3 'Headset'/'Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:12.0-1, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:0a0c' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 2 Channel: default Date: Tue Sep 13 11:03:26 2011 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110802.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.8.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.8.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.8.102 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Prefs: places.database.lastMaintenance - 1315804584 extensions.lastAppVersion - 7.0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated - true places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages - 63108 Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0/20110906004732 (Running) PulseSinks: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sinks'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. PulseSources: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sources'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: Sep 13 10:36:04 david-desktop kernel: [10092.964741] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 3 Sep 13 10:36:04 david-desktop kernel: [10092.981811] NILFS: unable to write superblock (err=-5) Sep 13 10:36:04 david-desktop kernel: [10092.981820] NILFS: unable to write superblock (err=-5) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F2 dmi.board.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd06/24/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770T-UD3P:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770T-UD3P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GA-MA770T-UD3P dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/848774/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
