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I am using Claws Mail v3.13.2 on Ubuntu 16.04. Before upgrading to 16.04 from 15.10 the claws mail plugin Notification managed to minimise and/or close claws mail to tray (i.e., in this little mail symbol in the top right corner - the notification/indicator applet).

However, this does not work anymore under 16.04.

When I minimise claws mail it gets minimised as every other program into launcher panel. When I close claws mail it just terminates the program.

So how do I get claws mail to minimise/close to tray again?

Ps.: Liferae closes/minimises to tray as expected and can be re-opened by clicking on the mail symbol in the top right corner.

PPs.: Under 15.10 the indicator applet even allowed me to receive new mails and open a new (composing) mail window. So it seems that the integration of claws mail under 15.10 worked well but was somehow 'removed' or damaged in 16.04.

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  • Did you ever get this resolved in 16.04? I've been having the same issue and cannot get a response from claws mail forum on this issue. Thanks.
    – Melinda
    Dec 10, 2016 at 23:59
  • Unfortunately not. I also sent a mail to the claws mails development team. Never got a reply.
    – phx
    Dec 12, 2016 at 11:50

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Reset to default
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  1. Install Claws-mail tray notifier: sudo apt install claws-mail-multi-notifier
  2. Load the plugin from Claws Mail: Configuration -> Plugins
  3. Configure the plugin from Claws Mail: Configuration -> Preferences
  4. Now Add or Edit a file named claws-mail.desktop in startup directory having following content:-

Content of: ~/.config/autostart/claws-mail.desktop

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Claws Mail GenericName=E-mail client Exec=sh -c "sleep 10 && claws-mail &" Icon=claws-mail Categories=Network;Email; Keywords=lightweight;fast;gui;extensible;plugin;pop;pop3;imap;imap4;nntp;news; Comment=Lightweight and Fast GTK+ based Mail Client Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=true X-Info=Claws Mail

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