531557 - New Mail Alert and Check for New Mail

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 501727

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[[e-mail]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666

Curiously, the build information I pasted earlier talks about TBird 2.0, but I installed 3.0 rc1 over the top of it.  It says 3.0 in the 'about' box.

Every time TBird checks the POP server the 'new mail' alert sound is played and the new mail icon appears on the system tray.  I have TBird set to download headers only.  When I open TBird, open the error console (it's empty) and click on 'Get Mail', there is no new mail, and the new mail icon is removed from the system tray.  Until it checks for mail again.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Wait for TBird to check for new mail
2. Alert sounds; new mail icon on system tray
3. Check for new mail; none found.  New mail icon disappears.
4. When TBird checks for new mail again, repeat from #2.


Expected Results:  
I would like the new mail icon to appear and the new mail sound play ONLY when I actually have new mail.  TBird 2.0 used to work that way.

Comment 1

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

MilesB, your issue cold be a dupe of bug #501727?

Comment 2

[Daniel.Edwin]

What is worse is, when I open the new mail and delete it, it will appear again as new mail when the next check for new mail occurs. I am on Windows XP SP2

Comment 3

[[e-mail]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> What is worse is, when I open the new mail and delete it, it will appear again
> as new mail when the next check for new mail occurs. I am on Windows XP SP2

MilesB here.  Is this comment in any way related to my bug report?

Comment 4

[[e-mail]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> MilesB, your issue cold be a dupe of bug #501727?

MilesB here.  After reading that thread, yes, it may indeed be the same problem.  I've not been looking at the error console, however, and I have no idea what comment #16 is talking about.

Comment 5

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Thanks MilesB...