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Find, Search Messages never completes. Have tried all fixes.

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jcalvert2
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Hi,

When I use Find > Search Messages, the operation never completes. For example, I will search for all messages for today's date. I see results, but then the operation never completes... just keeps saying "Searching..."

I am a very seasoned Thunderbird user and IT professional – have used Tbird for many years. I have a very large number of folders and sub-folders, and my profile is 12 GB. I have tried all possible solutions I have found on the forums, including deleting all the .msf files, deleting the global-messages-db.sqlite file, compacting folders, restarting, etc. etc.

Thunderbird 24.6.0 Mac OS X 10.7.5

thanks, JC

Hi, When I use Find > Search Messages, the operation never completes. For example, I will search for all messages for today's date. I see results, but then the operation never completes... just keeps saying "Searching..." I am a very seasoned Thunderbird user and IT professional – have used Tbird for many years. I have a very large number of folders and sub-folders, and my profile is 12 GB. I have tried all possible solutions I have found on the forums, including deleting all the .msf files, deleting the global-messages-db.sqlite file, compacting folders, restarting, etc. etc. Thunderbird 24.6.0 Mac OS X 10.7.5 thanks, JC

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christ1
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Did you try Global Search? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search

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jcalvert2
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Global search works instantly.

Find > Search Messages is still not completing, unless I search only a single folder, like Inbox for example... search completes instantly. If I search Local Folders, it never completes, even if I have Search subfolders deselected. I have a very large number of folders, and sub-folders, and sub-sub-folders. My profile size is about 12 GB. My primary drive is an SSD, very fast.

JC