Re: [Evolution] Is there to get an unread mail indicator next to each account name?

[Nybbles 2 Bytes <nybbles2bytes gmail com>]

For the sake of comparison since you said, "OK, I use several clients, 
and none do this.", in recent times I use 5 email clients and how they 
work pertaining to this is as follows (let's get down to real details 
rather than being vague that we use a lot of them):

TheBat! - Not so well known but feature rich and solidly built 
(Windows). Does show unread message count when all you can see is the 
account name.

ThunderBird - Migrating over to this opensource alternative to TheBat!  
Not nearly as slick but very well known and used and yes it does show 
unread message count when all you can see is the account name.

kmail - For my Android phone. Yes it does show unread message count when 
all you can see is the account name. I do believe this is reasonably 
well known when it comes to cell phones but can't say for sure.

Outlook 2013 - Not next to the account name but in a summary on the 
right instead. Probably not the best of designs since that only works 
for the account you are on however at least they tried and recognize the 
need in some fashion.

Evolution. No it doesn't.

I believe that Outlook & Thuderbird are by far the main ones known and 
used out there however I personally only use Outlook to help determine 
settings for Evolution when I have to do something with the corporate 
world (not saying more as it gets off topic). In any case, all do show 
an indicator except Evolution and Outlook and even Outlook has a stab at 
showing the unread message count - just not very intelligently done when 
you get into larger numbers of email accounts - for one or two how they 
do it is pretty good. I cannot say even that for Evolution.

On 7/12/2015 11:45 PM, Milan Crha wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-07-12 at 01:00 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > However, for mail folders "unread" is shown, for account folders it
> > isn't.
>         Hi,
> the indicators beside/on the folder names are these:
>   * bold text - the folder itself, or any of its subfolders, has
>     at least one unread mail
>   * unread count in brackets - the folder itself has unread mails,
>     the count is how many
>   * unread count with a "+" in brackets - the folder itself has unread
>     mails, the count is how many; the "+" is shown only if the folder
>     is collapsed and it has subfolders which have unread mails; aka
>     the "+" indicates "there are more unread mails in this hierarchy,
>     which are not currently shown"
>   * a "star" emblem on a folder icon - the folder received new unread
>     mails since it was last visited
>
> > Collapsed mail folders don't show the asterisk that indicates
> > new mails, that IMO is an issue.
>  From the above, it's not an issue, it's by design. The "star" emblem is
> tight to that concrete folder, not a "sum" of subfolders. The same as
> the unread count doesn't sum-up when you collapse a folder, the "star"
> emblem shouldn't be "inherited" when the folder is collapsed.
>
>         Bye,
>         Milan
>
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