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Why do I now need so much time for deleting e-mails?

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Malken
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As a long-term very satisfied Thunderbird user since the last couple of weeks Firefox freezes and takes several seconds to delete even a very short e-mail-- why??

As a long-term very satisfied Thunderbird user since the last couple of weeks Firefox freezes and takes several seconds to delete even a very short e-mail-- why??

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Hi Malken. Are you using webmail? Or are you using Thunderbird to delete messages?

A large number of emails being deleted can take a bit to delete. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

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Hi Malken. Are you using webmail? Or are you using Thunderbird to delete messages?

A large number of emails being deleted can take a bit to delete. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Malken
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Thanks Guigs2. Yes I understand the delay if deleting a lot, but even one short e-mail takes say 10 secs and longer ones much more. I use Thunderbird and have been for several years and get a lot of e-mail traffic, but this problem has only come up over the last week . I have used System Mechanic Professional to clean up all those many things it can, but all to no effect.