Hi John, I use Betterbird for quite a while. It is not a "hype" as you say, it is just functionally better. Just start using it. -- Dmitriy On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 03:04:43PM -0400, Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote: > In case anyone else gets bitten by this one. > > I don't know if non-Linux versions of Thunderbird also suffer from this bug -- > in searching for it I was unable to find anything I thought relevant. > > Issue: > 1) Each month create a SAVEYYMM and SENTYYMM subfolder of YYYYEM in local storage via > Thunderbird e.g., YYYYEM is 2026em and has subfolders save2601, sent2601, etc. > 2) Move wanted files from incoming and outgoing to relevant subfolders > 3) Later want to search all of year for emails to and from e.g., myfriend [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com > Right-click on 2026em and selecting "Search messages" gives a search screen that > grinds forever. Have to manually cancel. Searching in lowest level subfolder seems > to work, but for a full year, I've at least 24 subfolders. > > As indicated, I couldn't find mention of where this bug arises. There were suggestions to try checking > access permissions (done!), renaming the global index file (tried, no joy) and compacting > folders (done. No joy.) What was mentioned was BetterBird, though more as a "we're better" > hype of that project. betterbird.eu is website. Since it had a PPA (the Flatpak > wouldn't install on my Linux Mint), I installed it. It opens using the .thunderbird/(profile) > automatically, and even gets all my extensions like Remove Duplicates. However, early days, > so if you try it, do so with caution. In any event, it did the search fine. Truthfully, I > have to look carefully to recognize I'm not in TBird. > > Will see how it goes. > > John Nash > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org