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DynV

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Nov 7, 2009, 6:25:08 PM11/7/09
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When I had to use Outlook, I found the system tray notification of new
emails quite useful and I'm trying to get this with Thunderbird. I
found the addon New Mail Icon ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/8900
) but between the description and the details (version), there's the
alert "New Mail Icon is not available for Windows." with a red rounded
background.

Is it possible to port that addon for Windows and how much work would
that entail ?

Thank you kindly
DynV

propman

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Nov 8, 2009, 7:23:24 PM11/8/09
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DynV wrote:
> When I had to use Outlook, I found the system tray notification of new
> emails quite useful and I'm trying to get this with Thunderbird.

Tools --> Options --> When New Messages Arrive

DynV

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Nov 9, 2009, 4:18:17 AM11/9/09
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When I had to use Outlook, I found the ***system tray*** notification
of new
emails quite useful [...]

The pop up is nice (and set by default) put it's not what I'm looking
for.

Robert Strong

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Nov 9, 2009, 2:17:37 PM11/9/09
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On 11/9/2009 1:18 AM, DynV wrote:
> When I had to use Outlook, I found the ***system tray*** notification
> of new
> emails quite useful [...]
>
I get a systray notification with Thunderbird without the use of an
add-on. It is just a message icon and on Windows 7 it is in the hidden
group where you have to click the up arrow to see it by default.

Robert

DynV

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Nov 10, 2009, 4:31:42 AM11/10/09
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> I get a systray notification with Thunderbird without the use of an
> add-on. It is just a message icon and on Windows 7 it is in the hidden
> group where you have to click the up arrow to see it by default.
>
> Robert

Thank you Robert ! :D

I'll now have to check Windows (I'm on Vista) forums to have it appear
in the active icons but that's another story.

DynV

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Nov 10, 2009, 4:35:03 AM11/10/09
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I just right-clicked on it (perhaps double-click would too) and it now
appear as active when I get a new email.

propman

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Nov 13, 2009, 2:44:59 PM11/13/09
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DynV wrote:
> On Nov 8, 7:23 pm, propman <prop...@nowhere.ca> wrote:
>> DynV wrote:
>>> When I had to use Outlook, I found the system tray notification of new
>>> emails quite useful and I'm trying to get this with Thunderbird.
>> Tools --> Options --> When New Messages Arrive
>
> When I had to use Outlook, I found the ***system tray*** notification

...and that's what the above does pop-up and ***system tray***!!

of new
> emails quite useful [...]
>
> The pop up is nice (and set by default) put it's not what I'm looking
> for.

...err yeah it is.

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