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Thunderbird asks to compact but doesn't

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Every time I open Thunderbird it asks:

"Do you wish to compact all local and offline folders to save disk space? This will save about 5902 GB"

Which is interesting since I am only using a total 182 GB of my hard drive.

If I click yes nothing happens. Even after successfully compacting manually I get the same message when I restart Thunderbird.

Gmail account. All add-ons are disabled.

Every time I open Thunderbird it asks: "Do you wish to compact all local and offline folders to save disk space? This will save about 5902 GB" Which is interesting since I am only using a total 182 GB of my hard drive. If I click yes nothing happens. Even after successfully compacting manually I get the same message when I restart Thunderbird. Gmail account. All add-ons are disabled.

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