taskbar notification icon doesn't go away w/ Message Filter

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LimeJuice
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taskbar notification icon doesn't go away w/ Message Filter

Post by LimeJuice »

annoying quirk: taskbar notification icon doesn't go away after reading new mail that was moved to local folders using message filters.

I have one IMAP account. I have added filters so that all incoming mail automatically gets moved to various local folders.
When I get new mail, the mail notification taskbar icon pops up. Thats fine.

But the problem is, when I read the new message(s) in my local folders, the taskbar mail notification icon still doesn't go away.
I have to click the IMAP Inbox folder (which is empty) to make it disappear. Can this be fixed please? Having to keep clicking
the IMAP/Inbox folder everytime I'm done reading new mail is getting to be a real pain. I decided to grin and bear it with Thunderbird 1.0,
but it's not fixed in Thunderbird 1.5 either. I'm surprised more people aren't complaining about this.
LimeJuice
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Post by LimeJuice »

A quick scan of the bug database found lots of people complaining about similar things.
This looks like a major issue for alot of people.

New Mail notification is not disappearing once mail is read.. Multiple accounts
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303421

New Mail Notification Icon remains in Task Bar until manual "get new mail",
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272328

Running filters on folder doesn't update the unread mail indicator in folders pane.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224823

Marking message read by filter causes Inbox to stay bold
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277205

New mail icon remains when filters have marked all new mail as read
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275561


I hope these problem can all be fixed as part of the Improvements to the alert notification for new mail
being worked on for Thunderbird 2.0
LimeJuice
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Post by LimeJuice »

I found a similar bug filed against Mozilla Application Suite: Mail News.

Green arrow doesn't disappear when all mails are read
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116181
splasher
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Re: taskbar notification icon doesn't go away w/ Message Fil

Post by splasher »

I know this thread is VERY old, but I couldn't find anything newer.
I'm running TB 91.1.2 on Win10 and I am seeing this issue with the emails that are moved to a local folder using a filter. I use Unified Folders and I find that I can clear the counter on the Taskbar icon by going to the individual folder that the email came into originally and was moved from by the filter.
Has anyone found a way to cure this without manual intervention?
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