DragThing 5.3.x now shows the number of unread messages as a badge over the PowerMail application icon in the DragThing process dock. I had customized the icon and thought that was why I wasn't seeing the badge, till I found that it was only counting unread messages in the In Tray. Changed a few In Tray messages to unread, and up pops the badge. Unfortunately, any unread message filtered into other folders isn't counted.
There's two "count all messages" AppleScripts on the PM Scripts and Tools page <http://www.ctmdev.com/tools/index.html>. Is it possible to find out the total number of _unread_ messages in all folders via AppleScript such as could be incorporated into DragThing? I suppose this would have to be a "blind" assessment as each user will have a different folder setup. Also, for the purposes of using PowerMail and DragThing together, would it be better or more useful to get the unread message count of the recent mail window rather than the In Tray? (Note: I neither use the total message scripts nor the recent mail window myself, just wondering what is useful in the wider population). Chris --
