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I have started getting * before the amount of emails in some of my inboxes

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I have started getting * before the number of unopened emails in some of my inboxes in thunderbird. It's not really a problem in itself, just don't understand why it's in some and not others.

I have started getting * before the number of unopened emails in some of my inboxes in thunderbird. It's not really a problem in itself, just don't understand why it's in some and not others.

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It indicates that some of the messages being counted may be inside subfolders. It's a hint to the user that he may need to look beyond the obvious Inbox for new messages.

I use View|Folders|Unread so I don't care where the unread messages are hiding.

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Suluhisho teule

It indicates that some of the messages being counted may be inside subfolders. It's a hint to the user that he may need to look beyond the obvious Inbox for new messages.

I use View|Folders|Unread so I don't care where the unread messages are hiding.

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Brilliant, thank you. As I said, it wasn't a problem as such, it's just nice to know why it's happening.