diff -r 6dfd2501690e -r 76699adfc9d0 pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Mon Oct 15 04:14:53 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Mon Oct 15 04:42:44 2007 +0000
@@ -2853,6 +2853,9 @@
 		if (gtkconv != NULL && gtkconv->active_conv != conv)
 			continue;
 		if (gtkconv == NULL) {
+			if (!hidden_only ||
+					!purple_conversation_get_data(conv, "unseen-count"))
+				continue;
 			r = g_list_prepend(r, conv);
 			c++;
 		} else {