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slow to load, balky typing

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opening thunderbird now very slow.

opening thunderbird now very slow.

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Some troubleshooting options

Rebuild the Global Database

1. Quit Thunderbird. 2. Locate the global-messages-db.sqlite file in your Thunderbird Profile. 3. Delete the global-messages-db.sqlite file. 4. Start Thunderbird. The re-indexing process will start automatically.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/compacting-folders https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems

🔵 Verify disk integrity (in your OS) 🔵 Check Tools | Developer Tools | Error Console for possibly-relevant messages

Modified by MU