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Moved to New Question related to 'Sent' file size: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1485833

OK, I noticed my Sent mail folder has a file size of > 3 GB (3,224,360,399 bytes) Probably why it is not being read How can I reduce the size of this file (without being able to open it in Thunderbird)?

Start up has been lagging for the last 2 weeks or so. When I open the program I see "no emails found" and the circle of death. I have to wait for 20-30 seconds before my email accounts show up and again while they download. Anyone else having this issue or is it just me?

I've been using Thunderbird for many years, and its up to date. I've had more and more problems with choppy response times lately. It "freezes" for short periods where the interface stops responding for half a minute, or a minute or so before I can do anything. It always comes back (never crashes, shuts down). Today was some of the worst where it was minutes before I could start using it.

My junk and trash folders are empty, and I've done a compression and run the cleanup operation on a bunch of folders. My Inbox is empty. I only have 2 pop accounts. Its not when its retrieving or sending email though.