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 ===== Performance Enhancing Tips ===== ===== Performance Enhancing Tips =====
 +
 +==== Delete and Re-Create Mail Summary Files ====
 +
 +  - Exit Thunderbird.
 +  - Find your profile folder.
 +  - Open the folder containing your stored messages.
 +  - Select the *.msf files and delete them.
 +  - Restart Thunderbird.
 +  - Wait for Thunderbird to recreate the mail summary file(s).
 +
 +For example, if you are using the Global Inbox, this would be the ''Local Folders'' folder inside the ''Mail'' folder. Otherwise, it may be a folder named after the mail server inside the ''Mail'' or ''ImapMail'' folder. For example, "pop.gmail.com" if you're using gmail.
 +
 +=== Linux ===
 +
 +<file>
 +find ~/.thunderbird/*.default/ -name *.msf -exec rm -f {} \;
 +</file>
 +
 +==== Expunge (compact) Folders ====
 +
 +http://kb.mozillazine.org/Compacting_folders
 +
 +=== Manually ===
 +
 +Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings -> "When I delete a message"
 +
 +In TB, select a top-level account on the left, then:
 +
 +File -> Compact Folders
 +
 +=== Automatically ===
 +
 +Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit
 +
 +Preferences -> Advanced -> Network & Disk Space -> "Compact folders when it will save over X MB"
 +
 +  * The TB UI may 'hang' noticeably during expunge operations
 +  * Enable automatic expunging of all folders
 +    * Smaller numbers will cause TB to compact folders more often
 +    * Larger numbers will cause TB to compact folders less often
 +    * 20MB is the default
 +    * 1MB is often recommended
  
 ==== Turn Off Indexing ==== ==== Turn Off Indexing ====
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 ==== Turn Off Junk Filtering ==== ==== Turn Off Junk Filtering ====
 +
 +Account Settings -> (each account) -> Junk Settings
  
 Preferences -> Security -> Junk Preferences -> Security -> Junk
 +
 +''Reset Training Data'' can fix some problems and is global affecting all accounts.
 +
 +===== Find the Cause of Hanging =====
 +
 +Try using Process Monitor from Sysinternals to see what it's doing when it hangs.
 +
 +Try using Safe Mode to disable all add-ons: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode.
 +
 +===== Move Mail Storage Folder Out of Roaming Profile =====
 +
 +:!: The intent here is to speed up logon and logoff times.
 +
 +:!: If you are on a Windows Domain network, implement **[[networking:windows:active_directory:folder_redirection|folder redirection]]** instead.
 +
internet/mail/thunderbird_performance.txt · Last modified: 2014/01/08 11:04 by gcooper

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