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Unresponsive Script: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindow.js:180. Thunderbird running slowly.

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Aethelred
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When accessing my inbox, Thunderbird slows down so much it is almost unuseable. I keep getting a pop up window telling me that the script: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindow.js:180 is taking a long time to complete, and would I like to stop it. If I do stop it, Thunderbird sometime speeds up for a minute or so and then the problem starts again.

When accessing my inbox, Thunderbird slows down so much it is almost unuseable. I keep getting a pop up window telling me that the script: chrome://messenger/content/mailWindow.js:180 is taking a long time to complete, and would I like to stop it. If I do stop it, Thunderbird sometime speeds up for a minute or so and then the problem starts again.

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Matt
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see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues

and https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems#Other_Software

Wayne Mery
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Aethelred,

What did you determine is causing your slowness?