After upgrade to Thunderbird 60 - indexing of an mbox takes forever
After I upgraded to version 60, I realised an annoying fan noise and an elevated CPU load, due to Thunderbird.
I figured that it was due to indexing the inbox of one account. In the activities view a progress bar was going back and forth and the description was something like: "looking for indexable entries in: 'Inbox'" (German: "zu indizierende Nachrichten in: 'Posteingang' werden ermittelt"), not mentioning for which account.
To overcome this problem, I deleted the file global-messages-db.sqlite. As a result, Thunderbird nicely indexed all mailboxes and afterwards the CPU load returned to normal. That was yesterday.
Unfortunately, today the odd behaviour returned. I currently have the global message database rebuild again, hoping afterwards my fan will be silent. However, I'm afraid this redemption will only be temporary... Please don’t make me switch to: Outlook!
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Modifié le par Wayne Mery
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re :I figured that it was due to indexing the inbox of one account.
Makes you wonder how big is that Inbox and whether it has a load of hidden marked as deleted emails. When was the last time you compacted the 'Inbox' and 'Drafts' and 'junk/spam' folders?
Once you get it up and running ok - even if you know it will be temporary. Just in case there is some corruption going on....suggest you move emails from that problem accounts 'Inbox' folder to a few other folders for storage. Delete anything you do not want.
When 'Inbox' is completely empty, right click on 'Inbox' folder and select 'Compact'. Compact the 'Drafts and the 'Junk' as well.
then rebuild the global database so it is up to date.
Did this work?
I more or less backup my Thunderbird profile to a remote server every day. Before backing up the profile it is compacted to spare space, and yes, the profile has been compacted yesterday and today.
I normally don’t use draft or junk folders. When I write an e-mail I either send or discard it, when I delete a message it is deleted, not moved to the trash.
As I wrote, rebuilding the global database works nicely, including all: “Inbox” folders, so I don’t see that the structure of the folders causes the problem. As I stated earlier, the described behaviour started suddenly. The first time after the upgrade to Thunderbird 60, the second more or less one day after the rebuild. Currently every thing looks good, however I’m afraid this may change tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I don’t know which folder is the: “problem Inbox folder”, since in the activity view only: “Inbox” is depicted, not the account to which it belongs.
In the error console I can find only entries by Lighting, nothing related to indexing.
Modifié le par Wayne Mery
Some additional information:
- The problematic behaviour continues.
- It starts every day at about noon.
- It stops (until the next day) when Thunderbird is restarted.