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Compacting is a Thunderbird housekeeping process, required because of the way the mbox (Berkley mailbox format) message storage system works that Thunderbird uses to store mails. Compacting should really not be noticeable, it should do its work quietly in the background and never be seen or mentioned. But unfortunately it is a process that impacts Thunderbird quite heavily while it is occurring. So instead of it being a task we never hear about, it gets mentioned far to often, both as a process that slows the computer and one that can cause mail to be lost. | Compacting is a Thunderbird housekeeping process, required because of the way the mbox (Berkley mailbox format) message storage system works that Thunderbird uses to store mails. Compacting should really not be noticeable, it should do its work quietly in the background and never be seen or mentioned. But unfortunately it is a process that impacts Thunderbird quite heavily while it is occurring. So instead of it being a task we never hear about, it gets mentioned far to often, both as a process that slows the computer and one that can cause mail to be lost. | ||
== What is this house keeping process? == | == What is this house keeping process? == | ||