Dock unread mail count missing

This one is not very important, but I always had my unread email showing on the dock mail icon. I checked the pref settings, and all looks correct. Does anyone else have this happen?

Well, I figured it out by accident. In the "System Prefs," under "Notifications," ensure that your "Badge app icon" checkbox is selected. Pretty intuitive, isn't it.

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I only see the unread mail count (red circle rigth side of postage stamp icon) in the dock when the mail program is open...
open mail...it appears...close mail..it disappears...
is this the way it is suppose to work (doesnt seem very useful, e.g. it does not alert me to unread mail)
thx

i mean the counter on the postage stamp icon in the dock...
this counter---mail closed
now with mail open
with mail open i do not need this counter...mail is open...i can see how many unread i have...its when i have mail closed that i want to see emails come in..

Mac Mail: Unread mail counter on dock icon shows "phantom" unread mails

The mailconter of my Mac Mail icon on the dock shows 25 unread messages, but I'm unable to find these inside Mac Mail as unread messages.
I did check all mailboxes and their subfolders for any undread messages that might be inside them, but I didn't find any.
Is there any way to reset or recalculate the unread mail counter for the dock icon?

Hi Robert
The proposed rebuild did suddenly reveal the 25 unread mails insinde my archive mailfolders. By marking these as read again now shows the correct count of unread mails on the dock icon.
Thanks a lot, your hint was most helpful!
Regards
Erich

HT6030 Unread mail count still doesn't work for any mail accounts after installing the Nov. 7 Mail fix. I deleted Gmail from my Mac Mail so that's not the problem.

I still cannot get an Unread Mail count in the Dock even after installing the the Nov. 7 Mavericks update. I deleted my Gmail account from my Mac, so I know that's not a problem. I checked the Mail preferences, and thay is configured correctly. Any suggestions?

Point noted re multiples posts [ there were loads of typos in previous] . Your previous reply may indeed be one way of solving my problem. Thanks .
Nevetheless why does Apple prodcue "updated " software which isnt properly comptiable or tested; with the result that it now doesnt work well with Gmail when the prevoius version worked fine. You would think an update would at least work with Gmail as well as the prevsoius version did. G mail is very widely used, so they, Apple, and probably Google too are shooting themselves in the foot if they can't make the software compitable,

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I want to show unread mail count for Gmail,Yahoo,AOL,MSN (e.g. Gmail (5) ) on my web application. Also when user click on unread mail count it should open new window for respective mail Inbox say gmail inbox that shows unread mail of user.
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Edited by: ankit.patel on Aug 14, 2008 7:10 AM

JavaMail supports two standard protocols for reading mail POP3 and IMAP.
As explained in the JavaMail FAQ (you found it, right?), the POP3 protocol
doesn't provide information on unread messages.
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I, and others on this forum seem to have an unsolved issue having restored from Time Machine backup, so presumably a glitch somewhere in the restore system.
We have followed the normal advice of rebuilding mailboxes, but it doesn't help.
Does anyone have an answer to how to reset the unread mail count to zero other than trash all the accounts and manually 'rebuild'
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Hi,
I cannot take credit for this solution - I found the answer to this by searching through the Mail discussion forums. Another user had 3 emails that he had read, but they were still showing up in his Mail Badge Counter and this is how he fixed it.
The super-simple-solution:
Create a "Smart Mailbox" and set it to only contain all unread mail messages. This will grab all of the emails that Mail "thinks" are unread and is marking as such in the badge counter. Select all the emails, mark as read... and you're good to go.
Hope this helps.

Why suddenly did Mail (6.3) stop docking unread mail

Why suddenly did Mail (6.3) stop docking unread mail?
320 iMac, 4 gb ram, not many addons or plugins

Maybe settings have changed. Open Mail, go to the Mail menu (on the menu bar) > Preferences > General, and check the option you have selected to see the number of unread messages in the Dock icon

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Is it possible to have an application read an unread mail count (in the menu bar, etc.) while the actual Mail app is not active?

You can get that via AppleScript:
tell application "Mail"
set theCount to unread count of mailbox "Junk"
end tell
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Hi,
I did a synch this morning and seem to have buggered the 'unread' mail count
that badges the Phone Icon.
I also upgraded to OSX 10.5.7...
It asserts that there are 11 unread messages but I cannot find any...
How can I clear the incorrect mail count?
Thanks
Jerry

I figured it out...
I think when I did the sync it added a new mail
account that I had created on my mac for tracking
my wifes medical correspondence...
The badge count matched the number of unread mails in
the new account.
Jerry

Mail - Unread Mail Count corrupted

I have set up a Smart Mailbox in Mail to hold all of my unread mail until I have a chance to deal with it. It is called "Unread" and the condition for the box is simply all messages that match the condition "Message is Unread"
There are currently 15 messages in this Smart Mailbox, yet the count at the side of the Mailbox list indicates 1197, and when I click on that Mailbox the title across the top of Mail indicates "Unread (15 messages, 1197 unread)".
Clearly that unread count has been corrupted some way ... is there any way to reset it?
Many thanks to anyone who can help!
OS X 10.9 [Mavericks] Build 13A693 | Mail Version 7.0 (1816)

Not entirely te same thing but after upgrading to 10.9 my Gmail item count in my "Inboxes" is continually set at "1" eventhough there are no unread messages. I have also gone to gmail via the web app and it shows no unread messages. So something is assuredly wacky.

Mail - unread mail count does not decrement

When reading a stack of new email I find that the unread email count (little number next to "inbox" folder) does not change as I read the mail. If I click on another folder and go back to the inbox the number changes to reflect the accurate count. Annoying, but not fatal. Time for a CS version?
Using Version 3.6 (935/935.3) on a MacBook.

Fixed it per:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22939701#22939701

User unread mail count attribute

is there any attribute in Exchange 2010 we can use in EMC to know the count of unread mails in a single mailbox?

Hi,
Based on my knowledge, we can't get user's unread information from EMC. But we can get it using EMS. For the unread count, you can use the following scripts to get it.
$mbcombCollection = @()
$specificuser = get-mailbox -identity <INSERT USER ALIAS HERE>
    $mbcomb = "" | select DisplayName,EmailAddress,Unread
    $mbcomb.DisplayName = $specificuser.DisplayName.ToString()
    $mbcomb.EmailAddress = $specificuser.WindowsEmailAddress.ToString()
    $mbMailboxEmail = $specificuser.WindowsEmailAddress.ToString()
    "Mailbox : " + $mbMailboxEmail
    $ewc = new-object EWSUtil.EWSConnection($mbMailboxEmail,$false, $null,$null,$null,$null)
    $dTypeFld = new-object EWSUtil.EWS.DistinguishedFolderIdType
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    $mbMailbox = new-object EWSUtil.EWS.EmailAddressType
    $mbMailbox.EmailAddress = $mbMailboxEmail
    $dTypeFld.Mailbox = $mbMailbox
    $fldarry = new-object EWSUtil.EWS.BaseFolderIdType[] 1
    $fldarry[0] = $dTypeFld
    $fldList = $ewc.GetFolder($fldarry)
    [EWSUtil.EWS.FolderType]$pfld = [EWSUtil.EWS.FolderType]$fldList[0];
        $mbcomb.Unread = $pfld.UnreadCount
    $mbcombCollection += $mbcomb
$mbcombCollection
For more information, here is a similar thread for your reference.
Getting Unread item count for a single user
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2cc23209-4e8d-43bd-bc93-71b3439d7401/getting-unread-item-count-for-a-single-user?forum=exchangesvradminlegacy
Hope this can be helpful to you.
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Total unread mail count display

I believe the iPhone/ios 6.1.4 displays only the total number of unread emails in the top level of the inbox. But I have rules that move unread mail to multiple subfolders, and I'd love to be able to have a total count of unread items in the inbox and all subfolders. I use a smart mailbox to do this on the iMac, but the absence of smart mailboxes means that I'm often unaware of unread items in subfolders when I only have access to my iPhone and iPad. I'd appreciate any thoughts.

Fact is, the iOS mail app is not as sophisticated as the mail app on your Mac, & local rules are not synced to your phone. There is no fix.
All you can do is suggest an enhancement to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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I didn't install or change programs, fonts, or settings. I restarted and the issue started. I've tried clearing font cashes and preferences, but no luck.
Any suggestions short of reinstalling the system?

Well, believe it or not, this is a font issue. You’ve probably either disabled or removed a font that Mail needs to work properly (e.g. Helvetica):
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