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Thunderbird 52.9.1 windows 10 very slow at downloading messages and getting slower

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andyknu

When starting Thunderbird downloading e-mail has gotten very slow and keeps getting slower. I have ver. 52.9.1 It use to work well but the last several months it has gotten slower. Sending e-mail works good it is just downloading new e-mails.

When starting Thunderbird downloading e-mail has gotten very slow and keeps getting slower. I have ver. 52.9.1 It use to work well but the last several months it has gotten slower. Sending e-mail works good it is just downloading new e-mails.

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Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Please see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems and post your results

andyknu
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Getting rid of the Lighting add on seemed to have taken care of the problem.