diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 739c70465..a70e91cb0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 2010-10-14  Francis Lachapelle  <flachapelle@inverse.ca>
 
+	* UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js (updateUnseenCount): used the
+	method charAt to read a string character instead of accessing it
+	as an array (was not supported by IE).
+
 	* UI/WebServerResources/UIxAttendeesEditor.js
 	(performSearchCallback): improved autocompletion when changing
 	field before completion has returned.
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
index 5f3770e8b..a5f36dced 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/MailerUI.js
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ function onDocumentKeydown(event) {
                 keyCode = "A".charCodeAt(0);
             }
         }
-
 	if (keyCode == Event.KEY_DELETE ||
             keyCode == Event.KEY_BACKSPACE && isMac()) {
             deleteSelectedMessages();
@@ -854,7 +853,7 @@ function updateUnseenCount(node, count, isDelta) {
             for (var i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
                 var code = content.charCodeAt(i);
                 if (code > 47 && code < 58) {
-                    digits += content[i];
+                    digits += content.charAt(i);
                 }
             }
             count += parseInt(digits);