[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1039837] Re: Moving many emails between folders causes Thunderbird to use massive amounts of memory

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1039837] Re: Moving many emails between folders causes Thunderbird to use massive amounts of memory

I use thunderbird from thunderbird-next ppa (currently 15.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1~mtn1) and I observe the same behaviour. When deleting messages (my daily dose, about a hundred), ie. moving them to trash folder, the memory consumption is 1.7GB on 4GB machine. I use IMAPs for my mail

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1039837] Re: Moving many emails between folders causes Thunderbird to use massive amounts of memory

The problem seems to be related to the global message index. When global indexing is disabled, the memory consumption stays in reasonable boundaries. I removed the global message index (global-messages- db.sqlite) and will see if it helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1039837] Re: Moving many emails between folders causes Thunderbird to use massive amounts of memory

-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039837 Title: Moving many emails between folders causes Thunderbird to use massive amounts of memory Status in “thunderbird”