From kmail-devel  Sat Jan 31 16:44:46 2004
From: Bart Szyszka <bart () gigabee ! com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:44:46 +0000
To: kmail-devel
Subject: [Bug 73900] New: 'Show system tray on new mail' label misleading
Message-Id: <20040131164446.27286.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org>
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           Summary: 'Show system tray on new mail' label misleading
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kmail-devel@kde.org
        ReportedBy: bart@gigabee.com


Version:           unknown (using KDE 3.1.95-0.fdr.0.1, Red Hat Linux (Yarrow))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.6.1-1.126

When I turned on the 'Show system tray on new mail' option in Kmail, I expected an icon to be placed in Konqueror for a few seconds after it did a mail check, similar to how the Kmail statusbar shows the total of new messages after it does a mail check. But instead of that total of new messages, the icon is displayed with a total of all my *unread* email. I think the label for now should be changed to 'Show system tray on unread mail', but a real option for showing the system tray only on *new* mail (since unread mail can be days, weeks, months old...) would be nice too.

I get a lot of mail on a daily basis (like everyone, I'm sure) and there's a lot that I don't read and don't end up deleting. So in effect, the system tray icon is always on whether I select 'Always show system tray' or the 'on new mail' option with a really high number like the 1020 I have now. A few seconds ago I manually checked my email and it'd be nice if the icon instead just said "7" like the "Transmission complete. 7 new messages." I get in the status bar.

Maybe Kmail should do a running total of new messages for people who have internal mail checking turned on so that if someone has their mail check every fifteen minutes, the number doesn't get erased by the next "new mail" total if it's been a while since they gave focus to Kmail. For example, if we're talking about a 30-minute period with Kmail running in the background having done two automatic mail checks, where the first is 8 minutes and the second says 3, the system tray icon should say "11" instead of "3" and go away a few seconds after I gave focus to my Kmail window (or read a message?).
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