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Thunderbird often takes a minute or more to delete received messages, sometimes instant deletion.

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Recently update from W7 to W10 but I am not sure when the problem started except it was after upgrade. When I click to delete a received message, sometimes it works normally and the message instantly goes to trash but often it hangs for a minute or two with a message on the top bar saying "Thunderbird is not responding". The hourglass shows on the messages received page whilst this is happening.

Recently update from W7 to W10 but I am not sure when the problem started except it was after upgrade. When I click to delete a received message, sometimes it works normally and the message instantly goes to trash but often it hangs for a minute or two with a message on the top bar saying "Thunderbird is not responding". The hourglass shows on the messages received page whilst this is happening.

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Do the ones that hang have attachments? Is the TB profile folder correctly added as an exclusion or exception in your antivirus settings?