[ale] Thunderbird Slowness

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

I've just about had it with TB 17.0.7 on Ubuntu 12.04.  The problem I'm 
having is that when ever I focus on TB it takes a few seconds for it to 
respond.  Minimize the maximize it takes a few seconds before it 
responds to me clicking on anything.

Now I could be at fault here.  I have 3 IMAP accounts and one is Gmail.  
Each account is huge.

One IMAP folder (all files in mbox format) is 1.2G. Another is 2.5G.  
I'm not sure about Gmail.

Is the problem because I have so many emails?  I do expunge and compact.

I tried Claws Mail, but it does not render HTML emails.

I'm thinking of installing a PHP web mail app.  I'm using an older 
version of OpenWebMail.  Anything much better?


Chris