You did find an answer to this before at
There is a gnome extension
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1505/new-mail-indicator/
But not sure it works on newer versions as have stopped using thunderbird myself so cannot test it
You did find an answer to this before at
There is a gnome extension
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1505/new-mail-indicator/
But not sure it works on newer versions as have stopped using thunderbird myself so cannot test it