First of all I believe the direction of the messaging menu is towards conveying both chat status (if used) and new mail notifications. So I came up with this:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7027392/screenshot1.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7027392/screenshot2.png The status icon replaces the default envelope when a chat application is opened and a status is set. Upon a new message or email a smaller blue circle appears along side of the status icon, with a subtle animation. To reiterate: if no chat application is installed (or open) the indicator remains the traditional white (or dark for Radiance) envelope and blue envelope for new message notification *Attached are screenshots of the entire proposed icon set.*
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