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Compacting of deleted messages problem

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ukmitchy
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Thunderbird would once in a great while ask me to compact folders when deleting messages. Now it's trying to compact folders every time I delete a message the first time I open thunderbird and then periodically throughout the day. I am using Thunderbird 102.2.0 (64-bit) and have compacting set to "Compact all folders when it would save over 200mb". I have turned this off which has solved the problem but I am not sure of the long term implications and in any case, would like to try and fix it. Thank you!

Thunderbird would once in a great while ask me to compact folders when deleting messages. Now it's trying to compact folders every time I delete a message the first time I open thunderbird and then periodically throughout the day. I am using Thunderbird 102.2.0 (64-bit) and have compacting set to "Compact all folders when it would save over 200mb". I have turned this off which has solved the problem but I am not sure of the long term implications and in any case, would like to try and fix it. Thank you!

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There have been bugs in how compact works with V102. For some account types it didn't. This is why you have been getting regular prompts. give it a month and a fix version should be released to your desktop.

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There have been bugs in how compact works with V102. For some account types it didn't. This is why you have been getting regular prompts. give it a month and a fix version should be released to your desktop.

ukmitchy
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Thank you!