This sounds like what is happening in https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1440892
If you change the notification types for the notifications to 'Inbox' the number should then reflect the number of unread messages.
This sounds like what is happening in https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/mahara/ +bug/1440892
If you change the notification types for the notifications to 'Inbox' the number should then reflect the number of unread messages.