[ubuntu-za] Thunderbird overload?

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On 05/10/2012 09:52 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
> I have disabled toe auto-compact facility, now my Tbird is back to
> normal. Hooray!
>
> Jan
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> On 10/05/2012 21:36, Jan Greeff wrote:
>> Hi Lee,
>>
>> I have 21 folders over and above the default system folders, the largest
>> has about 300 messages. Messages via POP. I don't use the archive
>> function and have just disabled compacting. Seems to be running now,
>> usually only akes a few, minutes before it slows down. Holding thumbs,
>> better to pray!
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
>> On 10/05/2012 21:25, Lee Sharp wrote:
>>> On 05/10/2012 11:19 AM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> Thunderbird (especially when compacting folders) was causing my Ubuntu
>>>> 12.04 to hang to the extent where all I could do was to switch off power
>>>> and start over.
>>>>
>>>> I then reverted to Ubuntu 11.04 , but the same is happening here.
>>>>
>>>> I have about 1,1 gigabyte of e-mails in various folders, could this be
>>>> the reason why this is happening?
>>> My Thunderbird folder is 8.8 gigs, so size is not your problem.  It
>>> could be number.
>>>
>>> To start, how many messages are in your largest folder?
>>>
>>> How do you get those messages? (pop, imap)
>>>
>>> How many folders do you have?
>>>
>>> Do you use the auto-archive function?
>>>
>>>              Lee
>>>

Jan ,

Where do one find that auto-compact setting ?
I want to test it on mine as well.

Thanx

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