2 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mailnews/base/content/newmailalert.js b/mailnews/base/content/newmailalert.js
index 2439340920..f54d165b1e 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/content/newmailalert.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/content/newmailalert.js
@@ -57,12 +57,20 @@ function prefillAlertInfo()
   folderSummaryInfoEl.mMaxMsgHdrsInPopup = gNumNewMsgsToShowInAlert;
   for (let folder in fixIterator(allFolders, Components.interfaces.nsIMsgFolder))
   {
-    if (folder.hasNewMessages && !folder.getFlag(Ci.nsMsgFolderFlags.Virtual))
-    {
-      var asyncFetch = {};
-      folderSummaryInfoEl.parseFolder(folder, new urlListener(folder), asyncFetch);
-      if (asyncFetch.value)
-        gPendingPreviewFetchRequests++;
+    if (folder.hasNewMessages) {
+      let notify =
+        // Any folder which is an inbox or ...
+        folder.getFlag(Ci.nsMsgFolderFlags.Inbox) ||
+        // any non-special or non-virtual folder. In other words, we don't
+        // notify for Drafts|Trash|SentMail|Templates|Junk|Archive|Queue or virtual.
+        !(folder.flags & (Ci.nsMsgFolderFlags.SpecialUse | Ci.nsMsgFolderFlags.Virtual));
+
+      if (notify) {
+        var asyncFetch = {};
+        folderSummaryInfoEl.parseFolder(folder, new urlListener(folder), asyncFetch);
+        if (asyncFetch.value)
+          gPendingPreviewFetchRequests++;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/mailnews/base/src/nsMessengerUnixIntegration.cpp b/mailnews/base/src/nsMessengerUnixIntegration.cpp
index 0e4dd14051..cb76a5fba7 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/src/nsMessengerUnixIntegration.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/src/nsMessengerUnixIntegration.cpp
@@ -609,10 +609,14 @@ nsresult nsMessengerUnixIntegration::GetFirstFolderWithNewMail(nsACString& aFold
       if (NS_FAILED(rv))
         continue;
 
-      // Unless we're dealing with an Inbox, we don't care
-      // about Drafts, Queue, SentMail, Template, or Junk folders
-      if (!(flags & nsMsgFolderFlags::Inbox) &&
-           (flags & (nsMsgFolderFlags::SpecialUse & ~nsMsgFolderFlags::Inbox)))
+      bool notify =
+        // Any folder which is an inbox or ...
+        flags & nsMsgFolderFlags::Inbox ||
+        // any non-special or non-virtual folder. In other words, we don't
+        // notify for Drafts|Trash|SentMail|Templates|Junk|Archive|Queue or virtual.
+        !(flags & (nsMsgFolderFlags::SpecialUse | nsMsgFolderFlags::Virtual));
+
+      if (!notify)
         continue;
 
       nsCString folderURI;