Closed
Bug 301195
Opened 19 years ago
Closed 19 years ago
Thunderbird hangs when accessing large mail folder (>500Mb, >12000 messages)
Categories
(Thunderbird :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 286888
People
(Reporter: chrisjan, Assigned: mscott)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.9) Gecko/20050711 Firefox/1.0.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.9) Gecko/20050711 Firefox/1.0.5 I have a Junk mail folder that has not been emptied for some time. The folder is approximately 500Mb on disk. When I click on the Junk folder in Thunderbird the application hangs and is still hung after 20 minutes. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Fill the Junk mail folder with a lot mail (e.g. 12000 messages). 2.Try to open the Junk folder by clicking on it in the Folders pane Actual Results: The application hung. Expected Results: The messages pane should show a list of messages in the Junk mail folder.
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•19 years ago
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I tried compacting the folder and now it can be accessed.
Comment 2•19 years ago
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Resolving as WORKSFORME per reporter's comment.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Comment 3•19 years ago
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why would you resolve this as worksforme? Compacting the folder is a workaround for the problem, but it sounds like the problem is still there for those who wouldn't think to do this...... Reopen?
Reporter | ||
Comment 4•19 years ago
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I agree with the above poster.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
Comment 5•19 years ago
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(In reply to comment #3) > but it sounds like the problem is still there for those who > wouldn't think to do this... OK. We'll have it do it automatically then. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 286888 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago → 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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