From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 13/02/2026 23:13, Alan K. wrote:   
   > On 2/13/26 6:12 PM, Alan K. wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > Of course the bad part is, as soon as I clicked the panel icon and launched   
   thunderbird   
   > the 3 went away.   I didn't read any mail, just opened the program.   Kinda   
   of a clunky   
   > function IMHO.   
      
   I closed TB and sent myself an email from a webmail account (from a   
   different mailserver). I also sent a cc to another account on the   
   webmail mailserver. After 15 minutes I restarted TB. There was nothing   
   on the TB tab, but when I checked both messages had been received by   
   their respective accounts and were showing in the folder pane inboxes.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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