The folder 'Inbox on <redacted>@Alarmtek.com' could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again. (bug1959858)
hi i am getting this message from thunderbird?
The folder 'Inbox on <redacted>@Alarmtek.com' could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again. bold text
Modified by Wayne Mery
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It's surely a nuisance, but thankfully it doesn't actually cause a problem, so you'll need to ignore it for some time. It's being worked on but unclear when the fix will be delivered.
I have this issue too. For me, the problem is not just the message, but the fact that it's a modal. Could you at least just make the message NOT modal? (Attaching image...)
I have six email accounts i manage through my Thunderbird app. I tend to get this message while i'm working in one account (writing a new message or deleting old ones), and the popup references one of the other accounts. So it almost seems like Tbird itself is causing contention with the disk (just a hunch).
The annoyance is that i have to click to close the popup before returning to what i was doing. And this happens several times an hour. But everything works otherwise, so it seems the modal popup really isn't necessary.
Modified by warren42
Changing from modal isn't going to happen. But I have requesteed that the bug be fixed in esr140
Is the problem gone for you with 142.0 release or 140.2.1 esr, or newer?