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Why switch? I'll tell you why I switched from Thunderbird to Claws. I got sick of Thunderbird's pathological memory leaking. I start by email client when I log
by fnj 9y ago
Why switch? I'll tell you why I switched from Thunderbird to Claws.
I got sick of Thunderbird's pathological memory leaking. I start by email client when I log in and leave it running indefinitely (days-weeks). Thunderbird continually started out at 1 GB but grew over time without limit, even if only sitting idle, collecting mail. After a couple of days it would be creeping north of 6 GB. Several times it drove my PC into pathological swapping, making the PC impossible to use and extremely difficult even to get control of to shut down.
Claws is currently using 0.1 GB, even after running for a week.
- chengiz 9y agoThunderbird user for over a decade here, on both Linux and Windows, and have not seen this happen, ever. Firefox, I'd agree and it still does on Linux. Never had a problem with Thunderbird other than the disappearing Outlook calendars.