--- a/plugins/mail-notification/ChangeLog
+++ b/plugins/mail-notification/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-01-21  Johnny Jacob  <jjohnny@novell.com>
+
+	** Fixes 504567.
+	
+	* mail-notification.c (new_notify_status): Add ngettext support for 
+	strings.
+
 2008-01-09  Srinivasa Ragavan  <sragavan@novell.com>
 
 	** Fix for bug #492702
--- a/plugins/mail-notification/mail-notification.c
+++ b/plugins/mail-notification/mail-notification.c
@@ -356,13 +356,16 @@ new_notify_status (EMEventTargetFolder *t)
 		status_icon = gtk_status_icon_new ();
 		gtk_status_icon_set_from_pixbuf (status_icon, e_icon_factory_get_icon ("mail-unread", E_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR));
 	}
-
+	/* Translators : '%d' is the number of mails recieved and '%s' is the name of the folder*/
 	if (!status_count) {
 		status_count = t->new;
-		msg = g_strdup_printf (_("You have received %d new messages\nin %s."), status_count, t->name);
+		msg = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("You have received %d new message\nin %s.",
+						 "You have received %d new messages\nin %s.",
+						 status_count),status_count, t->name);
 	} else {
 		status_count += t->new;
-		msg = g_strdup_printf (_("You have received %d new messages."), status_count);
+		msg = g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("You have received %d new message.",
+						 "You have received %d new messages.", status_count), status_count);
 	}
 
 	gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip (status_icon, msg);
