Ubuntu – How to configure Thunderbird to notify new mails only in certain folders

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I have Ubuntu 12.04 and recently started using Thunderbird.

I have GMail account and have configured a lot of Labels in it, all of which appear as folders in Thunderbird. Most of these are just subscriptions to mailing lists and are not that important.

I have a few labels which are very important, for whom I would like immediate notification when a mail arrives.

The problem is that the Mail indicator in the Unity top Panel, lights up for any incoming mail. How do I configure it to indicate incoming mails only in certain folders?

Best Answer

In Thunderbird, when we Right Click on Inbox or any of the Folder Entries in the Left Panel, we get a Subscribe Option in the Context Menu.

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Using this we can subscribe to a select group of folders among all the available folders in the Mail Account.

By doing so, Thunderbird checks for New Mail, only in those folders, and the indicator responds to new mail only in those folders.

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