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High power usage and problems receiving emails and opening PDFs

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Over the last two days (starting just before the latest Thunderbird update) Thunderbird is crashing 3 or 4 times a day, and is intermittently failing to download emails. Opening attachments (e.g. PDFs) to emails can take several minutes, whereas previously it was almost instantaneous. Task Manager shows that Thunderbird's power usage is 'very high'. None of these problems has happened before. I'm running Windows 10 on a PC.

Over the last two days (starting just before the latest Thunderbird update) Thunderbird is crashing 3 or 4 times a day, and is intermittently failing to download emails. Opening attachments (e.g. PDFs) to emails can take several minutes, whereas previously it was almost instantaneous. Task Manager shows that Thunderbird's power usage is 'very high'. None of these problems has happened before. I'm running Windows 10 on a PC.

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How is 115.2.3 ?

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I have no idea what that means.

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Wayne Mery said

How is 115.2.3 ?

I've been having this issue for a few weeks - just upgraded to 115.3.0 (32 bit)

I do put a load on TB - 11 imap accounts - largest account has nearly 17,000 email (I search them often or would archive).

Machine is Win 10 - locked at Feature Update 22H2 TB runs on 2TB SS drive. 32 GB Ram (It would be good to find a way to cause TB to utilize memory better) Any help or direction is appreciated.

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JC the Wizard said

Wayne Mery said

How is 115.2.3 ?

I've been having this issue for a few weeks - just upgraded to 115.3.0 (32 bit)

I do put a load on TB - 11 imap accounts - largest account has nearly 17,000 email (I search them often or would archive).

Machine is Win 10 - locked at Feature Update 22H2 TB runs on 2TB SS drive. 32 GB Ram (It would be good to find a way to cause TB to utilize memory better)

The original poster indicated at least three specific items. Which ones are you currently seeing?