571265 - New emails not always flagged as such in folders

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4

I'm noticing a few annoying things since I've moved to Thunderbird 3 (actually now at 3.0.4).
1 - I've been using TB for a long time, so I have a pretty extensive folder system with filters set to move certain regular emails directly to their respective target folders as they come in (e.g. the XYZ tech newsletter goes right into a "XYZ" folder under the main folder "COMPUTER", etc.). For years it's worked the same way: I see the progress ("downloading  4 of 8") in the bottom left area of the TB window, and afterward all of the folders with new email in them are in bold. When I go into each folder, the new unread emails are in bold. However, since using TB3, I've noticed that sometimes when it downloads, it says it is downloading 4 emails, e.g., but when it is done, there are no folders in bold. Sometimes if I wait 10-15 seconds, some of the folders go bold. Sometimes I have to close and reopen TB, and then the folders are in bold so I can find my new messages. The most annoying thing, however, is that sometimes it displays "Downloading 1 of 2", but I can only find one new email, even using the close/reopen method. This is frustrating because I'm concerned I may be missing emails that are getting filed away but not flagged as new.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
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Comment 1

[Ian Dalton]

Using 3.1.10 on Ubuntu, same problem.  Except I have not found that waiting or restarting Thunderbird fixes anything.  Sometimes, the next time new mail comes in, it fixes it, but more likely by then I'll have hunted through all my folders to see where the new messages went.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

does this happen in version 11?