Billie Walsh wrote: > Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> I experience difficulties with Thunderbird, I have over 5000 emails now >> (lots of attachments, etc.) and I also use this list without deleting >> messages every day :). The things is that now when I try to open an >> e-mail in Thunderbird with an attachment, it will go gray(I believe this >> is one of the compiz's fancy stuff) and I have to kill TB from konsole >> because it freezes. >> >> Do you know if large number of e-mails is the cause of that, and if >> KMail is handling that better? >> >> I tried to switch to KMail earlier, but with lots of accounts I'm using >> it was pain in the butt. Now if KMail will work better with this I may >> consider trying to switch again. >> >> Thanks >> >> S >> >> >> > I find that if the mail gets to full T-Bird slows to a crawl. I keep all > my mail folders trimmed down and no problem. I've never let it get to > the point that it locks things up. The trash folder is set to empty out > anything over three days old. If I don't need it within three days I > won't need it at all. Something that's important I save somewhere else. > > > Just don't understand the person that pack rats EVERYTHING. >
I agree keeping EVERYTHING is nuts! However, I've found it invaluable on many occasions that I had old e-mails from clients or vendors that I needed to get back to after several years. My problem is that it's easier for me to find in Thunderbird than when using other methods. That's why I have so many old ones. I have some e-mails that date back to 1995! In the case of most e-mail lists, I try to keep them trimmed down. I just have not had a chance to do it lately. :-) But the way I have them stored in Thunderbird, it doesn't seem to affect the performance. I've never had Thunderbird lock up on me. -- Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
