I am experiencing this bug too, but I use pop3 for all my accounts instead of imap, and all of my accounts use the "inbox for this server's account". The envelope indicator icon does not change, nor does the unity icon show an unread count. Ubuntu 11.10, Thunderbird 8.
-- 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/893992 Title: Messaging Indicator does not go blue on new mail in Thunderbird IMAP account Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My Thunderbird is configured to connect via LAN to my college IMAP server. When a new mail arrives, there is only a system notification saying a new mail has arrived. The Messaging Indicator envelope does not turn blue. Neither does the Thunderbird icon in the Unity Launcher show unread mail count. So if I miss the notification because I was looking away, I do not have a way of knowing that a mail has arrived. I have tried purging the whole package including the ~/.thunderbird folder, but the problem refuses to go. Messaging menu works fine because Empathy and gm-notify both use it without any trouble. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: thunderbird 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: nishant 3909 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: nishant 3909 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: nishant 3909 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20110929183320 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc500000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD73C1X5' Components : 'HDA:111d7675,102802be,00100103' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfc010000 irq 48' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: release Date: Wed Nov 23 18:49:25 2011 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) IpRoute: default via 172.24.71.254 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 172.16.138.0/24 dev vmnet1 proto kernel scope link src 172.16.138.1 172.24.64.0/21 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.24.64.19 metric 1 192.168.150.0/24 dev vmnet8 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.150.1 Prefs: extensions.lastAppVersion - 7.0.1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated - true font.size.variable.x-western - 12 plugin.soname.list - libXext.so Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929183320 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A08 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A08 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd11/07/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1555:pvrA08:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA08:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA08: dmi.product.name: Studio 1555 dmi.product.version: A08 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/893992/+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