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Only 5 domains are looked at until Thunderbird stalls...why?

Wayne Mery replied
jimtippins

I have a Postfix/Dovecot server that hosts 10 of my domains from one IP.

When you open Thunderbird, it checks the domains you have preset. I have two. This happens immediately, especially if there is no new mail on the server. Everything works fine.

If you have other domain mailboxes open, and I have eight more, and you click the inbox on each one, Thunderbird stalls at the fifth mailbox, regardless of the inboxes' selected order.

tail -f /var/log/mail.log - confirms this.

I have reset or modified everything I can think of. My server is not throttling Dovecot.

This must be something internal to Thunderbird, possibly related to only using a specific mail server IP for all domains.

Google AI suggests assigning a unique local IP alias to each domain on my server so Thunderbird thinks it’s talking to 10 different machines. This seems extreme.

Any solutions?

I have a Postfix/Dovecot server that hosts 10 of my domains from one IP. When you open Thunderbird, it checks the domains you have preset. I have two. This happens immediately, especially if there is no new mail on the server. Everything works fine. If you have other domain mailboxes open, and I have eight more, and you click the inbox on each one, Thunderbird stalls at the fifth mailbox, regardless of the inboxes' selected order. tail -f /var/log/mail.log - confirms this. I have reset or modified everything I can think of. My server is not throttling Dovecot. This must be something internal to Thunderbird, possibly related to only using a specific mail server IP for all domains. Google AI suggests assigning a unique local IP alias to each domain on my server so Thunderbird thinks it’s talking to 10 different machines. This seems extreme. Any solutions?

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No response from the developers?

"Stall" is too generic. What do you see in Thunderbird UI, status bar or activity manager?

p.s. this is support - developers typically are not here.

Stall seems appropriate. I fully described the issue. And if the developers don't look at support forums, something's amiss.

Well, a developer isn't going to guess either. So you can continue, or not.

  • Is this imap or pop?
  • What is seen in Tools > Activity Manager or Error Console?
  • A developer will want to see logs https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging - which, if you are running your own server, you can likely read to get a sense of what Thunderbird is seeing.
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