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> honestly even the arrogance in the name itself gives me pause I don't see arrogance in the name, it's just bit cheesy and unappealing. But I guess it's hard
by pndy 4y ago
> honestly even the arrogance in the name itself gives me pause
I don't see arrogance in the name, it's just bit cheesy and unappealing. But I guess it's hard to come with something both catchy and at the same telling it's Thunderbird beneath but with enhancements.
Postbox which is also based on Thunderbird and comes with additional features, started as freeware in beta. After the stable release a 30-day trial was introduced and those who originally pick the beta could get full version with a discount. At this moment it's a paid software that asks for email (sic) for which you'll receive the download link.
- prox 4y agoWhen Thunderbird closed shop, I went with Postbox, still do. I just need a client that works, and it has served me well.
- Semaphor 4y agoI decided to check them out again, as I couldn’t even remember what my issues with them were when they were new. Well, now I can say: So slow. It made me think it might be electron, but apparently it’s based on thunderbird, so I guess TB is also slow, or they are doing something wrong.
- denton-scratch 4y ago> so I guess TB is also slow I'm a long-term TB user. I have noticed fairly severe UI lag in recent releases - say, the last couple of years. E.g. I click on a folder in the left pane, and it takes up to a second for the contents to appear and the folder be highlighted. Not every time, but often enough to cause input mistakes. Other applications running at the same time do not exhibit this lag. I haven't reported a bug; it's so noticeable, I assume someone else already has.
- Semaphor 4y agoThat describes my issue exactly. I guess the problem is upstream, then.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoTry vacuuming your sqlites and compacting the mailbox. Should be done once a year at least. Will also free disk space. Still on spinning rust? Defrag.
- Semaphor 4y agoThat wouldn’t help, it was literally a fresh installation with that issue. And on an NVMe SSD.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoNever experienced a TB slowdown that wasn’t due to a storage issue. I’d look at extensions or network/server issues next.
- denton-scratch 4y agoNo shit - that figures. I never asked for those sqlites, I'm sure they were introduced long after I became dependent on Thunderbird. Nobody ever warned me that I was now a janitor! - I don't think I should need to know about sqlite admin conventions to install and use TBird, and the TBird website doesn't make much noise about it. TBird seems to propose to compact this folder or that from time to time; so I assume it's looking after that, and my folders are in the sort of compaction ranges I've set. Dammmit, I had no idea that sqlites were supposed to be vacuumed. I need a robot sqlite vacuuming machine, I'm too old for hard work.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoI could dig up a script if you need.
- hollander 4y agoThunderflirt! ;-)