@martincasc: A lot of what you are describing is expected behavior. I
think there may be some confusion about what the indicator applet does
so I'll do my best to clarify.
1. The evolution indicator only works when evolution is running and as
of right now evolution has to have an open window to be running. The
window can be minimized or put on a desktop you don't use often, but it
has to be there. (see Bug 460483)
2. The evolution indicator does _not_ count/indicate unread messages.
It only responds to messages which have arrive while evolution is not
the active window. Here is a usage situation:
Suppose you have evolution running and minimized and lets say you
receive 2 new emails. You should get a little notification, the
indicator applet should turn green, and if you click on the applet the
number listed next to your mailbox should be (2). Now suppose you click
on the inbox and it presents evolution and you navigate to the email
component. The moment your inbox is presented to you the indicator
applet should turn grey and the number listed next to your inbox should
be (0). This will happen regardless of whether you have read either of
your new mails.
Whats going on is that the indicator is (by design) resetting itself the
moment you look at your email, even if you don't decide to open your
unread messages. It assumes that since you opened evolution you know
the email is there and will get to it when you get to it. As a further
illustration here are two usage scenarios which will _not_ activate the
indicator.
1. Marking an existing message as unread. The indicator doesn't count
unread messages and this will not trigger any notifications.
2. Receiving new mail while evolution is open and active. If you
receive new mail while you are currently viewing your inbox it will
_not_ trigger the applet. This is a big one since I imagine many users
are trying to test the applet by leaving evolution open so that they can
see when they get new mail (so they can tell if the applet is working or
not). But as long as evolution is your active window, the applet won't
respond.
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indicator-applet doesn't change icon when I recieve new e-mails via Evolution
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436755
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