Comment 4 for bug 438149

Come to think of it, it is possible that this bug was introduced (at least for me) after applying the patch that fixes Bug #433412.
Before experiencing Bug #433412, which made me unable to use gm-notify, the indicator-applet-icon showed a green mark after gm-notify had notified me of new mail. But after applying the patch to Bug #433412 - which enabled me to get gm-notify to run again - the green mark doesn't appear any more. I'm including the content of the patch to Bug #433412 below because it is relatively small, in case it can help someone:

--- gm-notify.py 2009-09-26 10:48:54.156708360 +0200
+++ gm-notify.py.new 2009-09-26 10:52:56.272561344 +0200
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         increased by one. The indicator is stored in a class-list to keep the reference.
         If you delete this the indicator will be removed from the applet, too'''

- new_indicator = indicate.IndicatorMessage()
+ new_indicator = indicate.Indicator()
         new_indicator.set_property("subtype", "mail")
         new_indicator.set_property("sender", msg)
         new_indicator.show()