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TB slow in deleting messages. SOLVED by compacting Inbox.

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This is an odd one I've not encountered before. I have TB installed on 2 laptops at home. They are up-to-date with 128.6.0 installed, and both are using the same wi-fi system.

All of a sudden a few days ago, TB on one of the laptops, but not the other, became noticeably slow in deleting messages. It now takes a few seconds for what before always happened instantly (and still does on the other laptop).

Not the end of the world but it's annoying and I'm hoping there's an easy fix.

Thanks for any help.

Andrew

This is an odd one I've not encountered before. I have TB installed on 2 laptops at home. They are up-to-date with 128.6.0 installed, and both are using the same wi-fi system. All of a sudden a few days ago, TB on one of the laptops, but not the other, became noticeably slow in deleting messages. It now takes a few seconds for what before always happened instantly (and still does on the other laptop). Not the end of the world but it's annoying and I'm hoping there's an easy fix. Thanks for any help. Andrew

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Well, I didn't receive any suggestions so I just tried a few random things and I may have gotten lucky.

As I mentioned, the "slowness" problem was in just one of my 3 TB accounts and it was concentrated in the Inbox. There would be about a 7 second delay in deleting inbox messages and also delays in, e.g., dragging and dropping messages from that Inbox.

I right-clicked on that Inbox and hit "Compact". I doubted that would do any good, especially since I'd never needed to "compact" before, plus the fact that I never have more than a small number (less than a dozen) messages in that Inbox at any given time.

But lo and behold, it seemed to do the trick. I've got all my fingers and toes crossed, but I'm no longer having the delays.

If anyone has any insight into what happened here, I'd still like to hear it.

Thanks

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Andrew
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Update on my issue above. I have 3 Thunderbird accounts for 3 different email addresses. On checking further, it seems that the slowness is not only in deleting messages but in other functions as well, such as dragging and dropping messages to folders. However, I now see that the slowness is only with one of the TB accounts.

Still hoping for an easy fix and would appreciate any help.

Thanks

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Andrew
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Well, I didn't receive any suggestions so I just tried a few random things and I may have gotten lucky.

As I mentioned, the "slowness" problem was in just one of my 3 TB accounts and it was concentrated in the Inbox. There would be about a 7 second delay in deleting inbox messages and also delays in, e.g., dragging and dropping messages from that Inbox.

I right-clicked on that Inbox and hit "Compact". I doubted that would do any good, especially since I'd never needed to "compact" before, plus the fact that I never have more than a small number (less than a dozen) messages in that Inbox at any given time.

But lo and behold, it seemed to do the trick. I've got all my fingers and toes crossed, but I'm no longer having the delays.

If anyone has any insight into what happened here, I'd still like to hear it.

Thanks

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Wayne Mery
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Thanks for posting and sharing your solution.

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