Christopher Snowhill (@chris@losnoco.net)

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Christopher Snowhill @chris

Holy crap, Thunderbird. Shut *up*.

As a friend said:

Developers learn what 'consent' means challenge (impossible)

#thunderbird #email #mail #consent

A screen shot of a window titled "Compact folders" from the mail reader, Thunderbird.

Thunderbird needs to do regular file maintenance to improve the performance of your mail folders. This will recover 21.9 MB of disk space without changing your messages. To let Thunderbird do this automatically in the future without asking, check the box below before choosing 'Compact now'.

Below that is a checkbox labeled "Compact folders automatically in the future"

Below are two choice buttons labeled "Remind me later" and "Compact now", and on the far left, a button labeled "Learn more...".

Published: Jul 05, 2024, 09:15
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Christopher Snowhill @chris

Bonus points, this dialog pops open immediately on launch of the app, and if I try to "Compact now", it will hit the mail download that's also happening immediately on startup, and start spamming repeated "Compact failed" due to the folders being busy. Cripes.

Published: Jul 05, 2024, 09:17
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