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My mail no longer displays the red counter for new messages - why?

My Mail icon on home screen used to have a small red counter showing the number of new messages. It has suddenly disappeared, fortunately my new messages have not.

iPad 2, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 7:03 PM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2013 7:18 PM

Did you have Push enabled for Mail? Settings>Mail, contacts, calendars>Fetch New Data>Push>On.

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My mail no longer displays the red counter for new messages - why?

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