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Supernova window unresponsive during mailbox updates - single threaded?

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sprior1
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Since the Supernova update I notice that Thunderbird isn't responsive to UI interactions while it is fetching emails from accounts, this was not at all the case with the previous versions. Is the code using the same thread for UI and fetching? This new behavior isn't great user experience.

Since the Supernova update I notice that Thunderbird isn't responsive to UI interactions while it is fetching emails from accounts, this was not at all the case with the previous versions. Is the code using the same thread for UI and fetching? This new behavior isn't great user experience.

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Wayne Mery
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Start *Windows'* safe mode with networking enabled - win10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

Still In Windows safe mode, start thunderbird in safe mode - https://support.mozilla.org/kb/safe-mode-thunderbird

Does problem go away?