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--- internet:mail:thunderbird_performance [2013/04/18 10:27]
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+++ internet:mail:thunderbird_performance [2014/01/08 11:04] (current)
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 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Application_not_responding
-===== Turn Off Indexing =====
+===== Performance Enhancing Tips =====
-**Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Advanced Configuration -> Enable Global Search and Indexer**
+==== 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 ====
+Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Advanced Configuration -> Enable Global Search and Indexer
+==== Turn Off Junk Filtering ====
+Account Settings -> (each account) -> Junk Settings
+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 =====
+http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_mail_storage_location_%28Thunderbird%29
+:!: 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.

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