Neville,
Deleting messages and emptying the trash folder does not actually delete
anything. It only removes them from view. You need to compact folders.
I've been using TB for years, have countless folders and messages, and
my %AppData%\Thunderbird folder is 59.5 Mb.
There is a threshold you can set to be prompted to compact folders in
one of the menus, but it rarely seems to fire for me. So I've gotten
into the habit of just doing it manually via the File menu every month
or so when I perform other system cleanup tasks.
I have two email accounts, close the tree up to the top level of each,
e.g. [email protected] (27) closed, Alt-F File, F Compact
folders. Wait a bit and the status bar will display how much data was
deleted.
Here's a link to Mozilla's article on compacting.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/compacting-folders#main-content
Hth,
Tom
On 5/23/2017 2:24 AM, Neville via Talk wrote:
Hi Raul,
Thanks for your reply on saving the Thunderbird folder. Unfortunately
Tbird saves a lot of old messages in the Profile folder which can go
back years even though the trash folder can be kept clear.
My Profile folder grew to around 6 gb although the Tools, erase
recent history option was used from time to time. While doing a scan
with a newly installed Bullguard, old messages from years in the past
were displayed on the screen as they were scanned. These messages even
included those from an old email address which had been previously
removed from the system.
The fact that old messages, which I thought had been removed when
deleted, were still around came as quite a shock.
I used the Mozilla backup tool without saving emails but with address
settings and with a fresh install of Thunderbird, the new Profile folder
with three account settings came to under 20 mb.
The Tools, remove recent history option is used more frequently these
days but my Profile folder continues to grow. It is currently around
140 mb and when it gets to around 150 mb, the process mentioned above
will be used again.
This is why I asked if there was a simple way of saving the account
settings in a similar way to saving the address book. It would make the
setting up of a new clean Profile folder easier.
Cheers
Neville.
On 23/05/2017 3:43 AM, Raul A. Gallegos via Talk wrote:
Neville, if you open the %appdata% folder, look for the Thunderbird
folder and save that. Please note the percent symbols around
%appdata%. I hope this helps.
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On 5/18/2017 11:19 PM, Neville via Talk wrote:
Hi Raul,
In a previous message, you mentioned a file in Thunderbird which
contains the address book but is there a file or folder which
contains all the account settings? This would make a backup simple.
Thanks
Neville.
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