Re: Thunderbird freezes machine [SOLVED]

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On 01/16/18 05:34, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-01-15 at 16:04 -0500, David A. De Graaf wrote:
>> But WHY this happened - I suppose is unknowable.  I discovered that 
>> thunderbird, because it is using IMAP, creates and maintains copies of 
>> all the mail that exists in the primary files on the server: 
>> /var/mail/dad, plus the archives in ~/Mail/*.  That seems like a REALLY 
>> NUTTY design.
> I haven't used TBird in years but it does seem nutty. Are you sure it
> isn't a config option? Evolution doesn't do this by default (though you
> can configure it that way if you want), and I suspect Claws and other
> IMAP clients don't either.
>

Indeed there are configuration options.  Under the Accounts--->Account
Name--->Synchronization&Storage.  Lots of options there.  From not storing any
messages locally to choosing what folder to keep locally.  Also many choices for how
many messages and/or age of messages to keep.

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