From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 2/13/26 5:07 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I dual boot so I was in Windows for about 3 hours and when I returned, mine   
   had a 3 on it.   
   Sure enough I had 3 emails.   
      
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