How can I change the icon in Thunderbird's "New Mail" popup?

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Published on 2012-02-20T09:57:17Z Indexed on 2012/06/26 21:25 UTC
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When I recieve new mails in Thunderbird a popup-message tells me about that. Does anyone know where this icon is stored and how it is named? I want to change it that it fits the Faenza-theme.

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I use Thunderbird 10.0.2 with following addons (all preinstalled):

EDS Contact Integration 0.3.9
Global Menu Bar integration 2.0.2
Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration 0.8.3

Update:

The Addons don't have any influence on the icon - I checked this by disabling them.

I downloaded the source code and scanned it for the icon. I found it as comm-release/mail/themes/gnomestripe/mail/icons/new-mail-alert.png:

Since I couldn't find this file (I searched for the name) on my PC I guess it is somehow built into Thunderbird and protected against changes. Or should there be an easy solution (not to built your own deb-file)?

(In the same manner I'd like to change downloadIcon.png in Firefox: )

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