On 03/28/2013 11:59 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
On 3/28/2013 4:48 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Thunderbird currently meets all my needs, but it occasionally freezes.
I've manually deleted all index files and compacted all folders, but I
don't think the freeze is due to a corrupted mbox folder. Converting
It's not corrupted mbox files. It's the Mork database that T-bird uses
for summary information that gets out of sync. This takes a long time
with large mbox files and, since T-bird isn't threaded that way, locks
up the UI.
Could be. The freeze I see looks like a tight loop. In any case Jamie
Zawinski says:
"Let me make it clear that McCusker is a complete barking lunatic.
This is just about the stupidest file format I've ever seen."
In any case, I've never seen a reference to the Mork Database in cases
where I have searched for freezes. My local Inbox is not too big, but I
don't purge my sent mailbox. The freeze I usually see is that when I am
typing, the echoing stops which does appear that the GUI is waiting on a
lock.
You can't convert from mbox to maildir. You have to delete the account
(save your mail first if needed), enable maildir storage, and recreate
the account (and import mail if needed).
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