Thanks for the quick response, Chuck. It worked! I got a similar input
from the LUG list.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 11/10/2013 1:39 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I'm on version 24.1.0 released Oct/29 so I assume that's the same
> version you're using. I'm not having any problems. Thunderbird has a
> couple second delay when you make the first deletion since it has to
> load the delete handling code but is pretty instantaneous after that.
>
> Since this problem didn't start until about a week after the update I
> suspect not the release but that some size or configuration info on your
> machine has changed. My first guess is an overly large trash folder
> since deleting a message has to move it from the folder it was in and
> *append* it to the *end* of the trash file. I think this is simply a
> sequential file so deleting may have to actually read/write the entire
> file. Well, even if it's smarter than that, I'd first try emptying the
> trash and then do compaction of all folders to reduce file space and
> message counts. Let us know what happens.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/10/2013 2:05 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I have been using the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird as a mail
>> handler for several months, and all has been going smoothly, until a
>> couple of days ago.
>>
>> A couple of days ago, about a week after the latest update, I
>> encountered a 2-second delay when deleting each email message. With all
>> of the list messages that I read each day, this has led to real frustration.
>>
>> Has anyone else seen this, and found a way to remove the delay?
>>
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