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Unified Folders Slow on MacOS 128.1.1

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Hello,

I've recently begun using Thunderbird to manage all of my disparate email accounts. Going into each account separately was a bit slower than ideal so I found out about Unified folders. However, I run into an issue with the main Inbox where clicking on it will freeze Thunderbird for up to several minutes. I know there are other posts about this, however, nothing has been able to fix the issues I have so far (also a lot of them are on windows).

Issue: Clicking on "Inbox" in the "Unified Folders" section results in a freezing of the software for period of time (it does eventually unfreeze). The freeze is preceded by a noticeable albeit reasonably short pause as Thunderbird switches to the inbox. After this is when the freeze happens and it shows as not responding in Activity Monitor.

Things that don't cause the issue: - Clicking on any of the account specific inbox folders within the "Unified Folders" menu. - Clicking on an account's inbox.

Current setup: Accounts: - My proton mail account ( - My google mail account (only downloads the last year of mail for offline access) (total mail in the 10s of thousands range)

Things I have tried: - Launching in trouble shooting mode - Launching in trouble shooting mode while disabling plugins and such - Delete global sqlite db - Delete imap msr files - Fully re install and re-setup accounts

Hello, I've recently begun using Thunderbird to manage all of my disparate email accounts. Going into each account separately was a bit slower than ideal so I found out about Unified folders. However, I run into an issue with the main Inbox where clicking on it will freeze Thunderbird for up to several minutes. I know there are other posts about this, however, nothing has been able to fix the issues I have so far (also a lot of them are on windows). Issue: Clicking on "Inbox" in the "Unified Folders" section results in a freezing of the software for period of time (it does eventually unfreeze). The freeze is preceded by a noticeable albeit reasonably short pause as Thunderbird switches to the inbox. After this is when the freeze happens and it shows as not responding in Activity Monitor. Things that don't cause the issue: - Clicking on any of the account specific inbox folders within the "Unified Folders" menu. - Clicking on an account's inbox. Current setup: Accounts: - My proton mail account ( - My google mail account (only downloads the last year of mail for offline access) (total mail in the 10s of thousands range) Things I have tried: - Launching in trouble shooting mode - Launching in trouble shooting mode while disabling plugins and such - Delete global sqlite db - Delete imap msr files - Fully re install and re-setup accounts

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Please post your results after using version 128.2.0 which will be available in a few days.

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Wayne Mery said

Please post your results after using version 128.2.0 which will be available in a few days.

Sounds good, I will give that shot.

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