Syncing Thunderbird mails: Huge .msf files are transferred each time a new mail comes in

[rustycanb (Russell)]

See here for earlier discussion about syncing Thunderbird profiles.

Syncing Email

Not sure if I am being silly, but here goes I want to be able to sync my Thunderbird email, but found that Syncthing was tripping over the open databases and creating many temp files. Is it possible for Syncthing not to sync while a file is in use, and then only sync when I have shut down Thunderbird? or use some sort of shadow copy? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy ) My ISP web mail is quite restrictive in storage - so it gets purged every 45 days, and I don’t want to use gmail or…

Why not reduce your inbox size by creating stable folders? Inbox is then quicker and easier to manage. ST/Thunderbird combo works great for me across several devices.