Bouncing dock icon

I've set up the bouncing dock icon.
But in Thunderbird, it would bounce and once TB got focus (even without clicking the dock icon), it would stop bouncing.
In Mail, this is not the case, I have to click the dock icon to stop the bouncing. Is this fixable?

I have to click the dock icon to stop the bouncing. Is this fixable?
There's nothing to fix; it's normal behavior. Why don't you just turn off the bouncing Dock icon, since you don't need it to check your mail?

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