Question re: Fx>Tools>Read Mail

Hi Ramona:

Clicking on this menu item under Tools takes me to my mail clent, TB. The item reads "Read Mail (0) ". My guess is that the "(0)" is intended to display the number of unread messages currently sitting in TB, but it always reads 0 and never anything else.

Am I correct that "(0)" should display the number of unread messages?

If so, what do I do to get Fx in sync with TB to do so?

If not, what does "(0)" refer to? (Any response defining it as an indication of IQ will be disregarded!)

Thanks.

 

Bob,
you make my task difficult!
Seriously. It should show the number of unread messages in your default account. But, it says new messages. In the default account, or all the accounts. I have no idea. I have 40 unread messages in my default account, but when I go to the Read mail it says 31. I changed my default account, and the number remained the same. And, the number is the same when accessed from NS8.0.3.3.
What do you made out of that? May be it represents the total number of new message somehow. The number varies but not much.
Then, I decided to open five unopened e-mails, with no change, and finally three messages which I received today. I never thought much of that number, and I do less now. But, it is curious that getting to the same mail from FF or NP has the same effect.

 

Westside:

My guess is the number should represent messages downloaded from the server that are unread.

If TB is structured as a global account, it would be unread messages for all accounts.

If there is more than one TB profile, Read Mail will take you to the Profile Manager, and the number should be unread messages in the selected account.

Those are guesses only.

In my case, I have 2 Fx and 2 TB profiles. One Fx and one TB per person. So when I'm in my Fx, I can click on Read Mail and go to my TB. Read Mail, however, always reads "(0)" in both Fx profiles, regardless on how many unread messages have been downloaded in TB. I'm sure it isn't intended to be that way, but I don't how to correct it.

 

I understand that, the way it is now, the "feature" is useless. I did not even check my mail, my count dropped from 31 to 30. Could it be New Mail still on the server?
As for me, I don't use the global settings. It would be insane to do, if you get spam from two address, and open only a fraction of your messages, like I do.
I am, actually, using two profiles for TB, and, since I access the profile by-passing the Profile Manager , I would not see what you do. There can be only one default program, and, if you have them with the two profile/program, you would see no difference with different profiles.
In my case, I am using FF1.0.6 as default, with its profile, and Deer Park a2, also with its own profile. The latter does not come up as default. In addition, I have NS8.0.3.3. So, I have three different programs getting the same results when accessing TB1.0.6. I have, also the TB1.0+, which minds its business. In fact, I am thinking of making it default, and see if there is any difference, since it has some difference in the accounts.
But, considering that I access three entirely different programs, the issue is with TB.
Do you leave your mail on the server? I do for anywhere between one to two weeks, depending on the account.

Just changed to 1.0+ as default. Still 30 new e-mail. So, who knows what that means?

 

My answer is in form of a question, elsewhere .
This is getting even more complicated!

 

FYI: I understand through Mozillaline that the number after Read Mail is read from the Windows registry and functions only with XP, not my good 'ole W98SE.

 

Hi Bob

AFAIK, you are correct in your assumption. The number represents the number of UNread message residing in your Inbox and it will say something to the effect: "1 New ".

BUT I believe you have to have TB open in order for this to work. And this seems redundant since the new mail notifier pops up in the tast bar and does the exact same thing so as Westside says, it's essentially useless.... well... redundant might be a better word.

 

James:

Your guess makes sense: to be unread, the message has to be downloaded and that requires TB to be open. It would be the only spot outside of TB where the number of unread messages would be available. Without it, however, it seems easy enough to just click over to TB from Fx to learn the same thing.

 

If any one can tell me what is that number, I would not mind knowing.
My 40 messages went down to 26, but New Mail, since when? Unread or may be read. Still on server (I keep mail on server for ten days). This is definitely not a number telling me that I have 26 new messages in all my six accounts, since the last time that I opened TB. Does it include Spam which is deleted at the server level. That number may not be useless, but it, surely, is misleading.

 

Westside:

How could it be looking at messages on the server that haven't been downloaded? How does the number you see correlate to the number of unread messages that have been downloaded?

 

It does not correlate with anything. I am not talking about new messages on the server. I am talking about downloaded message which are still on the server, and have not been opened. But, I have messages which are no longer on the server, and still not opened. The number does not correlate with anything.
I have added up messages in the default account, recent or not, or total recent messages in all accounts, nothing adds up to 26 "new" e-mails.

 

Westside:

I'm out of ideas for you on this one. If I really had to know the number of unread messages at a certain time.......I'd just go to TB. You may want to report the item in Bugzilla and perhaps it will be rationalized, made functional or removed in future releases.