It's not just that, sometimes the messages from 'negative' count are not showing at all in message window, you have to read them from conversation history, which means you need history window opened on daily basics.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262990 Title: Negative unread counts without rhyme or reason Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I open up chat windows after seeing them in the message bar I see negative unread counts in the message list. Screenshot is attached. Might be related to #1262980 (duplicate entries for chats in the message list) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: empathy 3.8.6-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Dec 20 01:34:12 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/empathy/empathy-chat InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-18 (277 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214) SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-23 (26 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1262990/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp