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Folder compaction popup message claims 65 GB disc saving, when profile is only 2.2GB. Is something corrupt?

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tuxian
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Hi, I'm using Thunderbird 60.6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

I periodically get popup messages claiming huge disc saving: e.g. "Do you wish to compact all local and offline folders to save disc space? This will save about 65.3 GB."

But my profile folder - ~/.thunderbird (which I thought held all the messages) is only 2.2GB in size.

So is my understanding incorrect, is this a bug, or is something corrupt. I don't want to start compacting things if it's the latter.

Hi, I'm using Thunderbird 60.6.1 on Ubuntu 18.04. I periodically get popup messages claiming huge disc saving: e.g. "Do you wish to compact all local and offline folders to save disc space? This will save about 65.3 GB." But my profile folder - ~/.thunderbird (which I thought held all the messages) is only 2.2GB in size. So is my understanding incorrect, is this a bug, or is something corrupt. I don't want to start compacting things if it's the latter.

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tuxian
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Brief update. I've had the 'compact' popup multiple times today as I've closed and reopened Thunderbird. The saving hasn't gone up on every restart, but it is going up. After only a few hours it's currently claiming to be able to save me 118GB of disc space.

Matt
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It is a known bug. just ignore the claims of savings and compact.

It is not the disk space saving that is the real issue. It is the fact that previously deleted mail remains in a folder it was originally in. Hidden from view until you compact. That is the real issue for compaction.