Winapp2.ini Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I've got a bunch of email accounts running in thunderbird at any given time, and try to keep my emails nicely organized. Turns out, Thunderbird doesn't account for this (at least not with IMAP accounts) when compacting your folders. Try manually compacting your folders (notably the "all mail" folder does not get compacted) on an individual basis. Doing this trimmed my thunderbird profile from 320MB to 76.1MB. YMMV. Thunderbird, from what I can tell, only compacts "Inbox" on its own. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) Currently I've just one (POP) email account in Thunderbird. Even after compacting my profile folder (under %AppData%\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles) takes 600MB. What do you mean by "compacting folders manually"? Compacting all folders individually in Thunderbird (right-click -> compact for each folder)? I've done that, too. Edit. I've ~3000 mails and many of them contain attachments. Edited May 6, 2013 by nodles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWebAtom Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Ah, the joys of desktop email. I'm Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 This is just a guess (one of my habits when stuck for an answer). Perhaps folders may be considered "In Use" and not available for compacting whilst the Internet is actively (or potentially immediately actively) updating their contents. The consequences and work-around for POP and IMAP could differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 I've ~3000 mails and many of them contain attachments. Sounds like that'll do it. The only emails I keep saved are invoices and product keys, so I have relatively few, all without attachments. This is just a guess (one of my habits when stuck for an answer). Perhaps folders may be considered "In Use" and not available for compacting whilst the Internet is actively (or potentially immediately actively) updating their contents. The consequences and work-around for POP and IMAP could differ. It seems the default behavior is to only compact the "Inbox" folder and not any of its sub folders. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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