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ERROR - There is not enough disk space to download new messages.

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Carlos Rubio
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There is not enough disk space to download new messages. Try deleting old mail, emptying the Recycle Bin, and compacting your mail folders, and then try again. At the moment to y try to sent a email

There is not enough disk space to download new messages. Try deleting old mail, emptying the Recycle Bin, and compacting your mail folders, and then try again. At the moment to y try to sent a email
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jofa10
jofa10
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When it reaches 4 or 5GB it doesn't accept more. The problem is usually in the input folder. What I do is move the oldest emails to the TB "archive" folder, I do it for 6 months, until I have 3GB left. Normally the folders are in: C:\Users\ "name of your user en your computer" \AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\tiwqb1ma.default\ and after for POP /mail/ and look for more big arxives for IMAP /ImapMail/ and look for too bye