>>>>> "Rupert" == Rupert Gallagher via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> writes:
> Those alternatives are not applicabile. Are your users running the latest version of ThunderBird? > -------- Original Message -------- > On 9/18/25 14:29, Genes Lists <li...@sapience.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2025-09-18 at 09:19 +0000, Rupert Gallagher via dovecot wrote: > Hello, > I note the following problem. If the inbox holds many subfolders with > mail, thunderbird spends a lot of time on startup. > Does seem a bit odd to attempt to limit/cripple the server when the flaw > resides entirely with the client. > I suggest instead that working to improve TB would be better approach. > Engaging with the TB folks would probably be a good idea too. > There may be things you can do on the TB side (make sure to use maildir > for local storage - remove unnneeded offline folders etc). It is also > possible that reducing the number of sub folders could make TB worse, > since then its index file would get even larger, have more "holes" and > need manual "compressing" more frequently. I found these index files > got really really enormous - far larger than they should, likely as they > left holes and tried to keep the file mostly append only. > There were mumbings a long time ago about them auto "compressing" their > index file. Still, when I used TB I found I had to periodically stop TB > - delete all index files (gigantic GB)- start TB - wait a few minutes > and things work better. A work around for poor design for sure but it > helped tb work a little faster. > TB is just not a terribly good client inho. > Alternatvely, switch clients to evolution (or something else) which > works far better than tb. If some of your users are on mswin, there is > outlook I guess. > Either way, it really sounds like the better path for this problem is be > to move on from TB or at least focus your energy on TB not the imap > server. > good luck - let us know how things work out. > -- > Gene > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
