It seems hard to get T/bird to permanently delete any number of old emails. Easier to delete the lot [100%].
The free disk space function in Tools > Accounts tab does not seem to work well at all. I am using 2017 T/bird 45.8.0 on a 2016 Mac OSX in the UK. Luckily I have kept the older Mac with its store of old emails, but this non-working function [disk space sortout] does seem to be a common problem on the T/bird forums.
Freeing up disk space [deleted emails etc] [Mac.]
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Freeing up disk space [deleted emails etc] [Mac.]
Last edited by LIMPET235 on March 23rd, 2017, 3:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added [Mac] to the title.
Reason: Added [Mac] to the title.
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Re: Freeing up disk space [deleted emails etc]
Moving to Thunderbird Support...
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Win-10-H/64 bit/500G SSD/16 Gig Ram/450Watt PSU/350WattUPS/Firefox-115.0.2/T-bird-115.3.2./SnagIt-v10.0.1/MWP-7.12.125.
(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
Win-10-H/64 bit/500G SSD/16 Gig Ram/450Watt PSU/350WattUPS/Firefox-115.0.2/T-bird-115.3.2./SnagIt-v10.0.1/MWP-7.12.125.
(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
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Re: Freeing up disk space [deleted emails etc] [Mac.]
Actually, AFAIK, this is the first time this issue has been reported on these forums. Try successively selecting the Inbox of each account set up in Thunderbird menu path File->Compact to recover space currently occupied by messages marked for deletion.but this non-working function [disk space sortout] does seem to be a common problem on the T/bird forums.
Also see this article -- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Minimize_the_ ... _a_profile