Mail icon bounce

Have a preference set to bounce the mail icon, but icon continues to bounce after mail is read. I need to close the mail application and reopen to stop the bounce. I thought it was supposed to stop after the message/s were read.

Hi Appleal,
I thought it was supposed to stop after the message/s were read.
It could be a corrupted Dock preference, but before to trash the preferences file do the following first ...
NO, normally the bouncing stops after the application is launched.
Go to the Apple Logo in the menu bar an select Dock>Dock Preferences ... Now deselect the bouncing by opening application(s).
Now open any application from the Dock an quit it again after launching.
Now do the same again to go to the Dock>Dock Preferences an select AGAIN bouncing by opening application(s).
TEST again when you launch a application from the DOCKK ...
Post bak with the results ...
Dimaxum

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