diff --git a/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs b/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
index c434049e9..f2464b2b5 100644
--- a/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
+++ b/src/components/mail/listing/compact.rs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ impl MailListingTrait for CompactListing {
             std::cmp::min(80, self.rows.len().saturating_sub(1)),
         );
         if self.length == 0 && self.filter_term.is_empty() {
-            let message = format!("{} is empty", account[&self.cursor_pos.1].name());
+            let message: String = account[&self.cursor_pos.1].status();
             self.data_columns.columns[0] =
                 CellBuffer::new_with_context(message.len(), self.length + 1, default_cell, context);
             write_string_to_grid(
diff --git a/src/components/mail/listing/conversations.rs b/src/components/mail/listing/conversations.rs
index f66ea0379..0e16ba1aa 100644
--- a/src/components/mail/listing/conversations.rs
+++ b/src/components/mail/listing/conversations.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ impl MailListingTrait for ConversationsListing {
                     .set_attrs(self.color_cache.theme_default.attrs);
                 ret
             };
-            let message = format!("{} is empty", account[&self.cursor_pos.1].name());
+            let message: String = account[&self.cursor_pos.1].status();
             self.content = CellBuffer::new_with_context(message.len(), 1, default_cell, context);
             write_string_to_grid(
                 &message,
diff --git a/src/components/mail/listing/plain.rs b/src/components/mail/listing/plain.rs
index f3e8fb059..bcdaaa9e9 100644
--- a/src/components/mail/listing/plain.rs
+++ b/src/components/mail/listing/plain.rs
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ impl PlainListing {
             }
         }
         if self.length == 0 && self.filter_term.is_empty() {
-            let message = format!("{} is empty", account[&self.cursor_pos.1].name());
+            let message: String = account[&self.cursor_pos.1].status();
             self.data_columns.columns[0] =
                 CellBuffer::new_with_context(message.len(), self.length + 1, default_cell, context);
             write_string_to_grid(
diff --git a/src/components/mail/listing/thread.rs b/src/components/mail/listing/thread.rs
index b805e631f..0cb85743f 100644
--- a/src/components/mail/listing/thread.rs
+++ b/src/components/mail/listing/thread.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl MailListingTrait for ThreadListing {
             ret
         };
         if threads.len() == 0 {
-            let message = format!("Mailbox `{}` is empty.", account[&self.cursor_pos.1].name());
+            let message: String = account[&self.cursor_pos.1].status();
             self.data_columns.columns[0] =
                 CellBuffer::new_with_context(message.len(), 1, default_cell, context);
             write_string_to_grid(
diff --git a/src/conf/accounts.rs b/src/conf/accounts.rs
index a5b4647f4..b86c274b0 100644
--- a/src/conf/accounts.rs
+++ b/src/conf/accounts.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@ pub struct MailboxEntry {
 impl MailboxEntry {
     pub fn status(&self) -> String {
         match self.status {
-            MailboxStatus::Available => self.name().to_string(),
+            MailboxStatus::Available => format!(
+                "{} [{} messages]",
+                self.name(),
+                self.ref_mailbox.count().ok().unwrap_or((0, 0)).1
+            ),
             MailboxStatus::Failed(ref e) => e.to_string(),
-            MailboxStatus::None => "Retrieving mailbox".to_string(),
+            MailboxStatus::None => "Retrieving mailbox.".to_string(),
             MailboxStatus::Parsing(done, total) => {
                 format!("Parsing messages. [{}/{}]", done, total)
             }
@@ -572,7 +576,8 @@ impl Account {
                 if entry.conf.mailbox_conf.autoload
                     || entry.ref_mailbox.special_usage() == SpecialUsageMailbox::Inbox
                 {
-                    entry.status = MailboxStatus::Parsing(0, 0);
+                    let total = entry.ref_mailbox.count().ok().unwrap_or((0, 0)).1;
+                    entry.status = MailboxStatus::Parsing(0, total);
                     if self.backend_capabilities.is_async {
                         if let Ok(mailbox_job) = self.backend.write().unwrap().fetch_async(*h) {
                             let mailbox_job = mailbox_job.into_future();