On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 18:49 +1100, fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > It is me, the OP. To simplify the story. > - start TB. OK > - fetch POP3 mail. A few times in a few hours. All OK. > - do a "Compact Folders". > messages say it completed. The blue activity line remains wavy(*). > TB is idle yet it shows 60-70% CPU in "top". > If I minimize TB then it stops using CPU. > If I select a folder (but do nothing) the %CPU goes up to around 120%. > Turning off the status bar also stops using CPU! > > This last item probably points at the source of the problem! Ha! Typical, it spends more time fiddling with the display than doing the job. When I used Thunderbird, long ago, it took an absolute age re-indexing folders. Folders that had their contents changed since the last time Thunderbird looked into them, because the IMAP server was accessed by more than one mail client, and it had to fiddle around with its local mbox cache files. I never thought of turning off a status indicator (and wouldn't want to, either). But out of curiosity, what method is your Thunderbird using to store messages locally? And is it less burdened on a folder with very few messages in it? -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
