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access to gmail now very sluggish

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shivvetee
shivvetee

Hi. I access a gmail account via Thunderbird. It's generally quite efficient, but recently it has become very sluggish. I have pretty fast internet, wired at 1G, so usually my mail appears almost immediately. In the last week or so it has slowed down dramatically, sometimes requiring multiple login attempts. Any idea what's going on? Thanks. Steve

Hi. I access a gmail account via Thunderbird. It's generally quite efficient, but recently it has become very sluggish. I have pretty fast internet, wired at 1G, so usually my mail appears almost immediately. In the last week or so it has slowed down dramatically, sometimes requiring multiple login attempts. Any idea what's going on? Thanks. Steve

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Matt
Matt
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  1. What version of Thunderbird?
  2. What operating system?
  3. What antivirus?
  4. Does Thunderbird perform better in Troubleshooting mode? (it is on the help menu)
shivvetee
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Hi Matt. Thanks for stepping in. Answers: 1. 128.1.1esr (64-bit) 2. Win 11, up to date 3. MS Defender 4. Haven't tried Troubleshooting mode. Pretty straightforward. FYI, I've been using Tbird for a long time, over a decade. best, smb

dominic17
dominic17

I have the same problem, Thunderbird is gradually becoming unusably slow.

I'm using: v148.0.1 (64-bit) Windows 11

This is accessing Gmail using mbox style storage (not maildir). I have >110K messages in the inbox so it's a lot, but Thunderbird always used to handle a similar number until a few months ago, now when I want to do something in Thunderbird it very often hangs for say 15-20 seconds before letting me proceed.

I see someone else restored the old performance by reverting to v115.16.3, but I would rather not have to do that though.

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