From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 13/02/2026 14:32, Alan K wrote:   
   > On 2/13/2026 3:13 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >> 21.3 TB 140.7.1 esr   
   >>   
   >> Not sure if this is a Mint or Thunderbird question.   
   >>   
   >> A couple of times after starting TB it threw up a message that it hadn't   
   been able to connect to a mail or news server. Fine. But on the Thunderbird   
   tab in the taskbar   
   >> (panel) there is a red circle with a 1 in it. I assume that is referring to   
   a message of some sort. But where is it and how do I read it? The 1 in the red   
   circle remained   
   >> after I'd read and closed the message that TB showed at the start.   
   >>   
   >> Mint's logs show only one reference to TB and that is when it was started.   
   >>   
   > I see that too, I just thought it was the number of unread emails?   
      
   I don't believe that it is unread mails, but as yet I don't know what.   
   I'll try to get a screen shot of the tab and ask in the Mint forum.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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