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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [Bug 73900] New: 'Show system tray on new mail' label misleading
From:       Bart Szyszka <bart () gigabee ! com>
Date:       2004-01-31 16:44:46
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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