Thunderbird email program takes up over 20GB on my Iphone
Hi, I am a Building Inspector so take lots of photos and email a lot of documents. I try and delete all inbox and save sent items to a local folder on my computer, but my I phone storage still says that they are not actually deleting from the email program and are being stored somewhere. How do I reduce this storage? I can't download any more Iphone updates because of this.
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Because you are filtering or moving messages out of your inbox, you also need to compact the Inbox daily or more in Thunderbird so that moved messages are purged (expunged) from the Inbox folder on the server.
If you shut down Thunderbird daily you can approximate that with "Expunge Inbox on Exit" in server settings.
Hi, thx for reply altho it took 2 months. I fixed it myself by deleting the whole mail app and then reloading it onto my phone. But I'm sure there has to be an easier way. The same thing will just happen again as I am forever sending photos and receiving attachments. The alternative solutions on your post don't work because I don't have any compacting option on my phone, nor do I have attachments listed anywhere or 'expunge inbox on exit' anywhere on my phone. This ridiculous that it happens to so many people and it has not been fixed.
> When did a version of Thunderbird for the iPhone get released?
He's not using a Thunderbird supplied mail program on the iPhone.
But, it might help if Neil posts which program is being used.
> The same thing will just happen again as I am forever sending photos and receiving attachments.
Certainly. See the closing comments.
> The alternative solutions on your post don't work because I don't have any compacting option on my phone, nor do I have attachments listed anywhere or 'expunge inbox on exit' anywhere on my phone.
I wasn't suggesting compact on your phone or managing messages with attachments on your phone. They are for Thunderbird on your desktop
> This ridiculous that it happens to so many people and it has not been fixed.
We are at the mercy of the protocols by which emails are exchanged and what a mobile app allows you to control stored, which are imposed on all email clients whether they are on a desktop or a phone.
If you tried what I suggested and it doesn't help, then having thought about this some more, more options are:
1. finding iphone email settings that work
2. Find an iphone mail app that offers the controls you need
3. making a separate account to accept these messages with large attachments, and NOT have that account on your phone.
4. Get an iphone with much more storage - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB are available.
Ultimately your use case is quite outside the norm.
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