Mozilla Thunderbird Created 13 years ago2011-01-15 14:48:20 UTC by DiscoStu

Anybody else use it?

I've been using it for a few months as (apparently) the only decent replacement Outlook Express. It's like OE in steroids - even in processor usage.

I've noticed when I send out an email with medium-ish sized attachments (say, 3-4 MB), Thunderbird uses up 100% of system resources while all mail is sent. That means, anything but thunderbird grinds to a halt until all mail is sent - for many precious minutes stolen from whatever I need to do.

Has anyone else encountered this.. uh... issue? It's definitely the uncool side of Thunderbird, but I'd rather try to fix it than go back to OE. Any ideas on whether it is possible to reduce this behaviour?

Very thank you. Me appreciate comment.

I use it every now and then. I've never used attachments. Try the latest Alpha version. The problem might be fixed there.

Been using it for a few years now. Have never experienced an issue similar to yours. Actually I've never experienced any issues with it at all.

It's strange. I wonder if it'll be fixed the next time I format my drive and reinstall everything.

Outlook Express doesn't actually exist anymore, it's been replaced by Windows Live Mail, which you might want to try. It's a pretty neat little program. I don't really like pop/imap or any locally stored email personally, though. Being able to access my mail from any machine is pretty important to me.

I don't really like pop/imap or any locally stored email personally, though. Being able to access my mail from any machine is pretty important to me.

While the POP and IMAP protocols can be and in the case of POP often is used to delete emails, they are far from always. It all depends on the client and server configurations. For example, I use Mozilla Thunderbird with my Gmail account. Emails that Thunderbird has downloaded are stored locally but are also kept on Google's servers so I can read my emails from any computer using Gmail's web interface or using Thunderbird or Windows Live Mail.

Being able to access my mail from any machine is pretty important to me.

That's kinda the whole point of IMAP.

Windows Live Mail is actually pretty decent once you tell it to fuck off with all its Windows Live bullshit.

... That's not very clear, is it?

What I mean is the client is actually pretty good - I prefer it to Thunderbird, but it tries to integrate itself with all other Windows Live software, and all other Windows Live software is atrocious at the moment.
It's possible to disable it all, though.

Ant/Potatis Invalid: Probably one of the many reason I scored 38 percent on my Networking Technology final.

Huntey: Yeah, to be honest I've never used any other Windows Live software, and I've never had any reason to, since Pidgin does all my instant messaging and everything else is just... well, not all that useful for me. Nevertheless, I installed and set up Windows Live Mail for a client as a replacement for Outlook Express and I got the impression it was way more user friendly while still being very well-featured.