Some folders (e.g. '[Gmail]/All Mail on xxxxxx@gmail.com') cannot be compacted because there is not enough free disk space. Please delete some files and try again.
I get a message like this every time I start Thunderbird. The topic came up last year but the conclusion was along the lines of "...this problem will be fixed in version 128" but it was never clear whether or not the User followed Mozilla's support replies or what they had to do to clear the email message from Thunderbird. .....Well I'm running version 128.1.1esr and the problem still exists.
My questions:
1. What is Thunderbird trying to do? Compact individual email files? Compae from ct the whole Thunderbird Profiles folder?
2. Is the problem the size of the Profiles folder or the overall size of the hard drive the Profiles folder resides on? What is the Hard/solidstate drive is the maximum?
3. Is the problem related to the amount of Free Space left on the Hard/solidstate drive or is the issue the number of individual files?
4. Is the issue related to the number of Thunderbird files and/or folders OR is it related to the total number of files and/or folders on the hard drive?
5. Is there a limit to the number of sub-folder levels that Thunderbird can navigate?
Thank you.
Tom
Tom O'Brien TOBrienArchitect@gmail.com
Giải pháp được chọn
- highlight account name on main view
- rightclick and select 'subscribe'
- locate the Allmail folder and untick it. that will unsubscribe it
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I cannot answer the questions, but unsubscribing from AllMail and deleting from profile will significantly reduce the resources needed to compact folders. Also, with AllMail, you virtually double resource usage for every read and write of messages.
Great suggestion David!
...but what is "All Mail". I see it listed is the message list and I realize that it it seems to be a folder with duplicates of all one's emails but what's it supposed to be used for? In other words, what do I lose when deleting it?
Thank you.
Also...when you say "delete from profile", am I correct that you mean to delete the "all mail" folder from the Profile directory? I just looked through Thunderbird's "Account Settings" and don't see an option to not have "all mail" so am I correct to assume that I just have to keep deleting the All Mail folder?
Thank you.
AllMail is a tool, primarily for Gmail itself. In reality, there is only one folder in gmail, Allmail. When accessing gmail online, that one folder does it all. What you 'see' as folders in Thunderbird, such as inbox, sent, trash, etc. are just subsets. To make it work logically, Thunderbird (and all other email clients) have to artificially make real folders to imitate what Gmail is doing. As such the overhead is doubled, cpu time, elapsed time, and storage space. Allmail has a copy of all mail, so it serves you in no way when using Thunderbird. The recommendation from Thunderbird is to unsubscribe and then to delete .
OK that background helps a lot!
Last Question: When you say "unsubscribe and then delete", I assume that "delete" refers to the All Mail folder but what am I unsubscribing from?
Thank you.
Tom
- first, unsubscribe,
- then, exit thunderbird and delete the allmail and allmail.msf files from within the profile itself, since at this time, it will just be dead but still taking up space.
Giải pháp được chọn
- highlight account name on main view
- rightclick and select 'subscribe'
- locate the Allmail folder and untick it. that will unsubscribe it
Excellent information! I've followed your steps and will watch over the next few days to see the results.
Many thanks!
Tom
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