From 74c7c99511bead99c5b58ba5a03d444e8240418f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Warren <me@jonwarren.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 23:41:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #544

---
 src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index 55887b7a..96172742 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -1218,7 +1218,14 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         if withMessagingMenu:
             n = Notify.Notification.new(
                 title, subtitle, 'notification-message-email')
-            n.show()
+            try:
+                n.show()
+            except:
+                # n.show() has been known to throw this exception:
+                # gi._glib.GError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.Notifications.
+                # MaxNotificationsExceeded: Exceeded maximum number of
+                # notifications
+                pass
             return
         else:
             self.tray.showMessage(title, subtitle, 1, 2000)