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On 2024-02-04T09:38:58+00:00 Omry Yadan wrote:
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Steps to reproduce:
I am not sure how to trigger it.
I get system warnings about the disk being full and then I see a nstmp file
using 1TB.
I deleted it, and hours later it happened again.
This have happened a few times for me in the past few weeks, but it seems to be
happening more and more.
Additional context:
I am using imap. The entire mailbox on the server is 9.9GB.
Thunderbird 123.0b2 (64-bit)
OS:
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on22/01/2023
OS build22621.3007
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0
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On 2024-02-05T10:34:18+00:00 Mkmelin+mozilla wrote:
That's only used for compacting folders.
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/1452d8f1e1582cc44529f638e1eba1c7b3804fe4/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgFolderCompactor.cpp#393
The sent folder is also quite large, 50GB.
Is auto compact enabled, or do you do compaction only when it asks/or
manually?
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On 2024-02-05T11:19:45+00:00 Omry Yadan wrote:
> Is auto compact enabled, or do you do compaction only when it asks/or
manually?
I didn't change the setting, so I think it's probably enabled by default.
I dug through the settings now and was not able to locate it.
> The sent folder is also quite large, 50GB.
I noticed that too. I deleted it and it. The reconstructed file is 16GB.
> That's only used for compacting folders. https://searchfox.org/comm-
central/rev/1452d8f1e1582cc44529f638e1eba1c7b3804fe4/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgFolderCompactor.cpp#393
It looks like this function is not always cleaning up after itself.
For example, if an exception is thrown here, CleanupTempFilesAfterError is
never called:
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/1452d8f1e1582cc44529f638e1eba1c7b3804fe4/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgFolderCompactor.cpp#411
Why not wrap it with a big "try finally" to always delete the file if it
exists when the function returns?
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On 2024-02-05T11:20:48+00:00 Omry Yadan wrote:
There is also the underlying question of why on earth the function is
creating a file that is 1TB in size. It sounds like there is a quadratic
usage of disk space in the compaction algorithm.
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On 2024-02-05T11:30:25+00:00 Omry Yadan wrote:
There is an attempt to clean up the file if it's still there in the destructor:
https://searchfox.org/comm-central/source/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgFolderCompactor.cpp#171-177
However, it only kicks in if NV_FAILED returns true.
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On 2024-02-05T13:11:17+00:00 Anjeyelf wrote:
Sounds like the Sent-1 file is so big it's not possible to do compacting
maybe because either Thunderbird is interrupted during the compacting
eg: shutdown, crash or receiving mail into the folder being compacted,
maybe another program is scanning the file or it's possible that you
might not be able to compact a large folder because you don't have
enough free disk space or memory or there is some type of corruption in
the file. 50GB is very large for a single text file and it looks like
it's been failing to compact for a while, so is full of old deleted
mail.
Does it say anything in the Error console ?
Open Error console (Ctrl + Shift + J') or 'Tools' > 'Developer Tools' > 'Error
Console'
Clear Error console - top left bin icon
right click on 'Sent' folder and select 'compact'
If compacting does not work - Sent-1 is still 50Gb and nsmtp appears.
What do you see in Error Console - please post an image.
Either way you need a solution to overcome the current issue.
Suggestion:
- Create a new folder called 'Sent Store'.
- Move all the wanted sent emails into 'Sent Store' as a precaution to
