Could Thunderbird please do its compacting in the background?
I often wake up my machine and immediately click "get messages" to see what's new. Often when I do this my request is blocked because the trash or some other folder is being compacted. This is annoying.
Why must tbird choose to compact just when I am trying to do something? Couldn't it do compaction and other such housekeeping in the background, when it would otherwise be idle?
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You could take ownership of this by ticking the box to ask permission prior to compacting.
I didn't know about that option. But I think that would be just as annoying.
It seems like it would be straightforward to defer housekeeping to a time when thunderbird no longer has focus. Or else, go ahead and start compaction as now, but then abandon it if the user does something that will conflict.
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