Hello, My Thunderbird seems to constantly slow down to the point inhibiting my productivity. Now when i say slow i mean i click on an email wait 30 seconds and it might load switching tabs takes 5 -10 seconds and in general any basic function seems to take forever.
My issue started about 2 weeks ago in that time i have tried 2 different fixes for Thunderbird both of which temporarily solved the problem for 3-5 days before the issues returned.
I've disabled my Addons
I've compacted my Folders (overall i have about 30 IMAP folders)
My total inbox size on the server is 7.9 GB out of 25 GB i archive my mail on an annual basis
I Need a solution that lasts Please help.
Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
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rais
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
, My Thunderbird seems to constantly slow down to the point inhibiting my productivity. Now when i say slow i mean i click on an email wait 30 seconds and it might load switching tabs takes 5 -10 seconds and in general any basic function seems to take forever..
is there any message in the left side of the Status bar to indicate what Thunderbird is doing?
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bluelightit
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
Not that i can see, it just seems to take a long time to respond to any user input. it usually freezes up almost goes into a unresponsive program state then opens what ever it was you were trying to access.
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rais
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
your frequently-used folders should be small folders. The Inbox is most frequently-used and should be smallest. It should be kept empty
enable Auto Compact
enable Auto Compact
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bluelightit
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
Okay i'll review the size of my folders and see if i can make my inbox smaller. and enable auto compact thanks for the help
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Lee_Dailey
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
howdy bluelightit,
in addition to what rais recommended, you may want to try disabling global indexing. that is here ...
- tools/options/advanced/general/advanced-configuration
- UN-check [] enable global search indexer
another thing to try is to disable operating system search. that is here ...
- tools/options/advanced/general/system-integration
- UN-check [] allow windows search to search msgs
take care,
lee
in addition to what rais recommended, you may want to try disabling global indexing. that is here ...
- tools/options/advanced/general/advanced-configuration
- UN-check [] enable global search indexer
another thing to try is to disable operating system search. that is here ...
- tools/options/advanced/general/system-integration
- UN-check [] allow windows search to search msgs
take care,
lee
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wsmwk
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Re: Thunderbird Slow 17.0.5
bluelightit wrote:Hello, My Thunderbird seems to constantly slow down to the point inhibiting my productivity. Now when i say slow i mean i click on an email wait 30 seconds and it might load switching tabs takes 5 -10 seconds and in general any basic function seems to take forever.
My issue started about 2 weeks ago in that time i have tried 2 different fixes for Thunderbird both of which temporarily solved the problem for 3-5 days before the issues returned.
I've disabled my Addons
I've compacted my Folders (overall i have about 30 IMAP folders)
My total inbox size on the server is 7.9 GB out of 25 GB i archive my mail on an annual basis
I Need a solution that lasts Please help.
Given the *sudden* change in behavior I'd say it was instigated by something other than thunderbird, like maybe antivirus.
Running McAfee?
You may gain performance by using other suggestions, but if the change was indeed sudden then they are not the proximate cause.