Why does Thunderbird take so long to save sent e-mails and often has to retry?
When I write an e-mail and click "send", it takes a long time to send and copy. And, it usually ends up saying "retry?".
Chosen solution
Do you have your Anti-Virus product scanning outgoing emails ? If yes, then disabled scanning of outgoing emails.
How big is your 'Sent' folder ? 'Menu icon' > 'Options' > 'Layout' > select 'Folder Pane Columns' enable the 'Size column - see image below.
Suggest: Archive a load of old sent emails. Delete any sent emails you do not want to keep. Compact the Sent folder.
This will reduce the size of the Sent mbox file.
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Are you using an IMAP account? If so, Thunderbird needs to save the message to the Sent folder on the server. If there's a problem connecting to the server, that would case a delay.
Does it take long doing anything else?
No IMAP account. Nothing else show. Thanks!
Chosen Solution
Do you have your Anti-Virus product scanning outgoing emails ? If yes, then disabled scanning of outgoing emails.
How big is your 'Sent' folder ? 'Menu icon' > 'Options' > 'Layout' > select 'Folder Pane Columns' enable the 'Size column - see image below.
Suggest: Archive a load of old sent emails. Delete any sent emails you do not want to keep. Compact the Sent folder.
This will reduce the size of the Sent mbox file.
Thank you!