Back in Ubuntu 12.04, installing the gm-notify application allowed did these things:
- Shoe me the number of unread messages in my inbox
- Show me a blue envelope when an email was received
- Show me a notification when an email was received
I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 and installed and configured gm-notify, and it only shows me a notification. The messaging menu no longer has an inbox count and no longer turns blue.
What can I do to restore the old behavior and get blue icons as well as an inbox count in the system tray?
If there's a bug in gm-notify or in Ubuntu 13.04, is there an alternative to accomplish this?
Please note – I am aware of the Gmail Unity Webapp but that requires the browser to remain open and is overall too problematic, and I would like to find out how to restore the blue envelope + message count functionality.
Best Answer
Lots of mail-notifiers (Popper, GmailWatcher, Gmail-Notify) stopped working from 12.10 because of change in messaging-menu api. You can always file a bug on their respective launchpad page.
However there are few which works with new api ( Unity-Mail, Thunderbird, Evolution).
Unity Mail
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/unity-mail
With Unity Mail we can handle multiple gmail accounts. You will get an OSD notification whenever you receive a new mail showing the sender, and the subject of a mail.
In addition it adds a launcher icon to display the count of unread messages, integrates with the mail indicator to turn it blue, and displays a list of mails in the drop down menu there.
PPA: ppa:mitya57/ppa
Source: askubuntu