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Thunderbird goes into a WAIT state every 5 or so minutes (win10)

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dovgilor1
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HI,

I received a response to do https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems and hope within the next few months to be able to run all of the tests that were suggested to try to find the actual answer :-)

I need, however, a simpler solution. Do others experience similar problems?

Thunderbird goes into a WAIT state every 5 or so minutes.

My Thunderbird has about 8 folders (inboxes). Each folder has from 10 to 30 subfolders. Every few minutes (about 10) Thunderbird goes into a 1 or two-minute wait. It is driving me crazy. Does anyone know what causes the wait state? Can I fix it? Should I just use a different mail program (Chrome)? Is it software or hardware problem? HELP! Thanks

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HI, I received a response to do https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems and hope within the next few months to be able to run all of the tests that were suggested to try to find the actual answer :-) I need, however, a simpler solution. Do others experience similar problems? Thunderbird goes into a WAIT state every 5 or so minutes. My Thunderbird has about 8 folders (inboxes). Each folder has from 10 to 30 subfolders. Every few minutes (about 10) Thunderbird goes into a 1 or two-minute wait. It is driving me crazy. Does anyone know what causes the wait state? Can I fix it? Should I just use a different mail program (Chrome)? Is it software or hardware problem? HELP! Thanks (email address removed. and removed the list from https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems)

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dovgilor1 said

HI, I received a response to do https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems and hope within the next few months to be able to run all of the tests that were suggested to try to find the actual answer :-) I need, however, a simpler solution. Do others experience similar problems?

There isn't a shorter path. This is a repeat of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1199080 ... so let's continue the diagnosis there. Please post whatever results you have in that topic.