no more new mail notifications : system beep replaced the usual sound and no "envelope" in notification area
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thunderbird (Ubuntu) |
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Mozilla Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: thunderbird
I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 and Thunderbird "package 2.0.0.12+nobinonly 2.0.0.12+nobinonly mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filters support". Thunderbird used to work alright and the sounds and new mail notification as well but i can't figure what happened : when i get new mails, it doesn't show on the notification area as it used to and i get a system beep instead of the usual sound. I de-activated system beeps and i now just get no sound at all when mails arrive... Sorry if my explanation's not so good (i'm french...), hope i made myself clear.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 22 00:34:03 2008
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux Chloe 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 02:46:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
As far as I know, Thunderbird has never displayed an icon in the notification area. Also the system beep is some thing that has annoyed me for a long time. It's not new. Any chance that you had another program installed that you forgot about? Like mail-notification or cgmail?
In the preference menu, under the general tab there are two check boxes: "Show an alert" and "Play a sound" If you check the first you will receive a pop up with each new mail. The second by default will play the system beep, but it is configurable. You can select a different sound to play.