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In Ubuntu 16.04 I had a Thunderbird icon in tray bar with unread messages but there isn't in Ubuntu 18.04.

Is there a chance to have it again?

SurvivalMachine
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  • Try this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1049804/have-thunderbird-52-running-in-background – pomsky Aug 30 '18 at 14:57
  • Thanks pomsky but in Ubuntu 16.04 I didn't use Firetray add-on – metmarte Aug 30 '18 at 15:02
  • Thunderbird *itself* doesn't provide any option to show an icon in tray bar with unread messages, most probably it was a feature of Unity desktop environment that came with 16.04. Since Ubuntu 18.04 uses GNOME instead of Unity, you'll most probably have to try some alternative like Firetray. – pomsky Aug 30 '18 at 18:55

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Try Birdtray (https://github.com/gyunaev/birdtray)

Install on Ubuntu 18.04:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/apps
$ sudo apt install birdtray
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If you are using the desktop file from Mozilla I would suggest checking that file (typically in /usr/local/share/applications) to see if the Icon= property is pointing to the correct path.

In my case, I had installed Thunderbird to a different location than what is in that file by default and had to update the icon path to point to that location.

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