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only one account is slow in download

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i installed thunderbird for awhile in my pc, i have a few email a/c in thunderbird. all good till recently, i thought is too many emails make it slow.... so i deleted many and moved many to archives.... a big clean up. only app 80 emails left in this inbox, but still very slow in downloading, deleting.... all action. do i miss anything in setup... please get me back, thanks.

i installed thunderbird for awhile in my pc, i have a few email a/c in thunderbird. all good till recently, i thought is too many emails make it slow.... so i deleted many and moved many to archives.... a big clean up. only app 80 emails left in this inbox, but still very slow in downloading, deleting.... all action. do i miss anything in setup... please get me back, thanks.

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Good. When your problem has been fixed can you mark this thread as 'Solved' please? Thank you.

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What is your anti-virus software?

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christ1 said

What is your anti-virus software?

i am using mcafee.

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christ1 said

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues#McAfee

thank a lot. i think it maybe the problem. will do as it said, thanks again.

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Did you get your problem resolved?

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christ1 said

Did you get your problem resolved?

yes. thanks. i did all what the article recommended said but one:)) as i can't find it- the third point under "mcafee". but great, all running normal now. thanks again.

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Good. When your problem has been fixed can you mark this thread as 'Solved' please? Thank you.