Display number of messages in mailboxes?

I know that Mail will display the number of unread messages next to the mailbox/folder name and that you can see how many messages are in a mailbox/folder by choosing that mailbox/folder and looking at the title bar...
...but how do you display the number of total meesages in each folder next to the folder name?
I'm a recent Mac convert and I'm running Tiger and always had this on my {os that won't be mentioned} e-mail clients.
Thanks
Jackson

The Dockstar folks were nice, but said they can't do this yet. Anybody else?

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Hiya,
Can I get Mail to list the total messages in a mailbox in the column on the left? I have a smart-mailbox for "flagged" items and I'd like to be able to see how many things are in it, while I'm sorting things in my inbox.
There's an unanswered post here, "Display number of messages in mailboxes?" that's been archived. Is there an answer to this?
I suppose I could install Dockstar or Docktopus and try to customise Mail's dock icon. But I don't don't know if they can do "non-read" messages, and I keep the dock hidden normally. Can Mail do it easily for me, with your help?

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Does anyone know of a way to display just the total?
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Of course it does! Gosh, I'm stupid!
Just goes to show that when you have looked at something for so long you take its location for granted!
Thanks for helping!!

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I want to display the number of messages (read and unread) next to the folder name as in my previous version.
I used to go to Tools...Options...Advanced...General Tab and check "Show expanded columns in the folder pane".

Read the Release Notes for Thunderbird, that issue is covered. Scroll down to "Known Issues", "All Systems", second paragraph: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/748278
As Quarantine said, alway post to Thunderbird questions to one of the 2 forums that he listed in his response.

Number of messages in Smart Mailbox

A question & some relavent thoughts:
In Mail, the number of Unread messages is shown the right of each mailbox. But what are the total number messages?   Alternatively, how many Read messages are there?
I have many folders. I am trying to create separate mailboxes for each important (to me) Sender. Then it would be possible to find out how many messages were in 1 Smart Mailbox not contained in any other Smart Mail Box by
1. having a Smart Mailbox containing all mail, and
2. specifying conditions: From ... Does not contain ...   Sender
3. for each Sender
This would be very tedious if one receives mail from many senders. However, if
1. all senders belong to at least 1 Group,
this might be onerous but at least feasible.
If however,there were a Smart Mailbox condition:
2. Group ... Does not contain ...   Sender,
then this would feasible witnout being too onerous.
If anyone has any answers and/or suggestions, I would be very happy to receive same!
Chuck

I have had the same problem as well and could not find any way of fixing it! Also when I changed the name of the folder the message count disappeared for a while and then seemed to come back later... very bizarre.
Anyway, I may have found a solution after spending all afternoon searching the internet on macosxhints. [Link goes to the specific hint].
I would advise making a complete back-up of your ~/Library/Mail folder before trying this, though. When I did this it seemed to re-import some messages and mark them as unread for some unknown reason. However, I went through and marked them all as 'read', and I have the same number of messages in each mailbox as I did before I tried this, so I can only assume that things are the same as before.
One thing has changed, however! I no longer have a false number on the 'Flagged' messages smart mailbox! (Although if you have lots of messages marked as 'flagged' it may clear the flag - not sure).
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Why "Bulk Mail" foder does not display number of unread messages unless I click the folder (Yahoo mail through IMAP)?

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Why I need to touch the "Bulk Mail" folder in order to see the number of messages in it?
Yahoo deletes messages from this folder at certain periods. I'm in danger of loosing messages unless I remember to touch all of my Yahoo account's Bulk Mail folders in Thunderbird.
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pekka

I don't use IMAP in Thunderbird, so I can't provide step-by-step instructions, however, other e-mail programs have settings for whether or not to synchronize each individual folder on a schedule or using push IMAP (vs when clicked). If Thunderbird has those settings, I would expect them to appear in the folder properties or account settings. Perhaps this will be helpful, but I don't know if you've already done some digging like this or not.
FYI, a quick search brought me to this page:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/configuration-options-folders
One item listed in that page is this:
Configure IMAP folders, connections and namespaces
Menu location: Tools | Account Settings | <account name> | Server Settings | Advanced
Perhaps that would be a good place to start since it does mention IMAP folder connections, but folder properties still might be an easier place to peek first, just in case. For that, the site lists this:
Configure folder properties (IMAP folders only)
Menu location: Edit | Folder Properties | General Information
However, I think you could right-click on the "Bulk Mail" folder and hit properties in the pop-up menu.

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This is temporarily hidden in full screen view but re-appears if you hover the cursor over the top of the title bar.
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This is more of an intellectual curiosity question. I was wondering if it was possible to display a list of senders and the number of emails I have in my mailboxes. Maybe just the first 10 or 20 senders who have sent me the most messages, not EVERYONE! I am 99.9% sure this capability isn't in Mail natively, but does anyone have a clue about possibly using a Script or something similar?
I suppose I could rig up something in Terminal to do it, but the thought popped up in my head, and got me wondering.
Thanks!

Wow, missed that there was a follow-up!
Unfortunately, your answer tells me that I didn't ask my question clearly enough. You did answer the question I asked, but NOT the one I meant!
Let me try again, perhaps with an example. What I REALLY want is something where Mail will automatically give me a collection BY SENDER sorted by number of messages from that sender. Sort of like where Mail groups by conversation thread. Of course, I can create a smart mailbox for a particular sender and see this. What I would like (and I am pretty sure doesn't exist, but would love at least a work around) is a mode where I can see, for example:
Sort by Sender (or Sort by From)
Apple                   100/300
Joe Smith              40/100
Billy Bob                  20/50
etc...
Where the 100/300 means 300 messages, 100 unread. And clicking on "Apple" will let me see all messages from Apple WITHOUT creating a smart mailbox. Again, I will be quit surprised if this exists. Perhaps I need to make my own work around using terminal and opening the mailbox (knowing better than to work with .mbox other than in read only mode!)
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Thanks!

I had the same issue after a power failure knocked my iMac down in full operation. For days I had this nagging 1 message unread on my dock icon. I have a massive list of neatly organized hierarchical mailboxes, with an equally massive list of rules to put incoming messages straight into the appropriate mailbox depending on sender, subject, etc...
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