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Why Thuderbird is wrong in its email databse volume calcultation ?

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RobertA38
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When Thunderbird starts, it aks for a file compression to earn space but the space it displays (791 Mb), is quite 4 times the real space of my provider email database (211.8 Mb).

Many thanks

Inserting a file doesn't work

When Thunderbird starts, it aks for a file compression to earn space but the space it displays (791 Mb), is quite 4 times the real space of my provider email database (211.8 Mb). Many thanks Inserting a file doesn't work

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christ1
christ1
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This is a known issue. It doesn't cause any harm though.

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Specifically, you are getting many compact messages because of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260698 ... and not because of anything you are doing wrong.