Speculation: Emails are stored in an MBox, which is a single contiguous file. When you delete, you end up with 2 copies in memory: the original with all emails, and a copy with the deleted ones removed. After the second is committed to disk, the first is released.
I have noticed, yes, that deleting from my HoF folders is rather computationally intensive. :-) --Ben Raymond Camden wrote: > Anyone else seen Thunderbird go nuts when deleting emails? I've got a > folder with quite a few emails in them, and when I go to delete even > just 10 messages a time, memory usage will shoot up. I've seen it go > over a gig of ram. > > > -- > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194460 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
