Thunderbird : email notification and unity-panel icon

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Problems:

The main icon in unity-panel doesn't change when I receive an email.
There is no pop up.

System setting:

Thunderbird is open.
Sound notification works.
Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration 1.3.1" in list of extensions.
Thunderbird 38.5.1
Ubuntu 14.04
My account is on Gmail.

Update1: I tried to install Web apps application with these instructions

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webapps/preview
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-webapps-preview

It doesnt work.Now the number of unread emails even doesnt show up in the icon below the screen.

Update: I tried to install popper as an alternative but it doesnt support after Ubuntu 12.04

Can someone suggest an alternative to program to fix the problem? — Sadegh, Jan 29 '16 at 17:43
why negative vote? at least comment about your reason. What is the problem with this question ? — Sadegh, Jan 29 '16 at 18:18
tell the output of : cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-service — juggernauthk108, Jan 29 '16 at 18:52
It's shown up since 38.2, evidently.... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1491249 — charlesbridge, Jan 29 '16 at 19:20
@juggernaut1996 output is quiet long with strange characters . are you sure it is correct? — Sadegh, Jan 29 '16 at 19:35
mybad... i meant : cat /usr/share/upstart/xdg/autostart/indicator-messages.desktop — juggernauthk108, Jan 29 '16 at 19:39
[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application Name=Indicator Messages Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-service StartupNotify=false Terminal=false OnlyShowIn=Unity; Hidden=true X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=indicator-messages — Sadegh, Jan 29 '16 at 19:49
If you can show me an alternative to have notification, it will be fine. — Sadegh, Jan 29 '16 at 21:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '17 at 16:52

You can get Popper work again on Ubuntu 14.04 with the following actions (see bug 1683516 ):

sudo apt-get install libindicate-gtk3 libindicate5 python-indicate python-support

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/ralf.hersel/rhersel-ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/p/popper/popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i popper_0.31.3-0ubuntu1_all.deb 

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/indicator-messages/libindicator-messages-status-provider1_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb
sudo dpkg -i libindicator-messages-status-provider1_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/indicator-messages/indicator-messages_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb
sudo dpkg -i indicator-messages_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/indicator-messages/indicator-messages-gtk2_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i indicator-messages-gtk2_0.6.0-0ubuntu2_`dpkg --print-architecture`.deb

Then for MATE - mate-tweak -> Panel (Interface) -> Enable indicators.

Then Applications -> Internet -> Popper - set account settings.

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-indicators
[ /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-indicators ]
Package: indicator-messages
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: indicator-messages-gtk2
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: libindicator-messages-status-provider1
Pin: version 0.6.0-0ubuntu2
Pin-Priority: 1337

Package: popper
Pin: version 0.31.3-0ubuntu1 
Pin-Priority: 1337

EOF

For Ubuntu 16.04 you can use my solution posted here on AskUbuntu.

Thunderbird : email notification and unity-panel icon

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