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Re: Slow message send

From "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: Slow message send
Date 2026-06-23 07:20 -0700
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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John C. wrote:
> VanguardLH wrote:
>> John C. wrote:
>>>
>>> It used to be that whenever I sent an email or posted to a newsgroup,
>>> the message would almost instantly be sent.
>>>
>>> Now, however, when I send an email or post a message I get a message saying:
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>> Sending message - (message subject here)                        X
>>>
>>> Status: Assembling message...Done
>>>
>>> Progress:--------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>                                                         [Cancel]
>>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> and there is a pronounced pause before the email or message is sent.
>>>
>>> Anybody know what's causing this or how to prevent it from happening?
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>
>> After clicking Send, can you see the message move from Drafts to Outbox
>> right away, or if the move is delayed?
> 
> I would have to get back to you on that one.

Sending the previous reply to you took 6 seconds to assemble and send.
Moving the message from Drafts to Sent was instantaneous at that point
though.

>> If appending a signature to your outbound e-mails, test without that.
> 
> I don't believe that using a signature file would cause this kind of
> problem. It's never done so in the past.
> 
>> Are the digitally signing your outbound messages?  I don't see if you
>> use PGP here in Usenet since I erase that superfluous junk when
>> retrieving newsgroup messages.  Try without digital signatures.
>>
>> Tried compacting TB's message store?  Backup first, then compact.
> 
> I do this every time I use TB, and I never allow total size of archived
> email to exceed 20 mb.
> 
>> Have you tested with all add-ons disabled?  If that didn't help, have
>> you tested with a new TB profile?
> 
> Since this is a recent development and I haven't added any new
> extensions in a long time, I am firmly convinced that a TB update is
> responsible.
> 
>> Have you ran a speed test to check your bandwidth?
> 
> Yes. IMO, there is plenty bandwidth to be able to quickly send a short,
> text-only message to usenet. However, I just did that and it took almost
> 10 seconds to "assemble and send" that message. That's just way too long.
> 
>> Tried disabling any anti-virus software?  If it is configured to
>> interrogate your messages (e-mail or NNTP), that is superfluous, anyway.
>> Some AVs, by default, interrogate e-mail and NNTP traffic.  Some don't,
>> like Windows Defender.
> 
> Don't use a third party AV.
> 
>> Using a VPN or a proxy?
> 
> No.
> 
>> Use Task Manager to check how many instance of Tbird are running. 
> 
> Right now, there are 5.
> 
>> Have you exited (unloaded) and restarted Tbird?  If you're on Windows, 
>> tried rebooting yet?
> 
> I turn off my computer whenever I'm not using it. Totally power it down.
> 
>> I read somewhere Tbird creates files in the user's temp folder, like
>> nsmail-???? where ???? is limited to 9999.  That was resolved (see
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673703), but you didn't
>> mention your version of Tbird, and Mozilla took away that useful info in
>> the UA header (don't remember at which version that happened).
> 
> I'm running W10 Pro ESU and TB version 152.0.
> 
>> Tried a disk cleanup? 
> 
> Yes. I did so just very recently.
> 
>> Any other cleanup running at the time of sending an outbound message?
> 
> No, I never would do such a thing.
> 
>> Permissions on the temp folder can interfere with Tbird.
> 
> Thanks for replying VanguardLH.
> 


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  Re: Slow message send "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2026-06-22 02:47 -0700
  Re: Slow message send Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-22 11:04 +0100
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  Re: Slow message send VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-22 12:01 -0500
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        Re: Slow message send VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-23 12:34 -0500
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            Re: Slow message send VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-24 17:18 -0500
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                Re: Slow message send Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-26 22:45 -0400
                Re: Slow message send Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-06-27 11:27 -0700
                Re: Slow message send Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-26 22:50 -0400
                Re: Slow message send VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-26 23:44 -0500
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                Re: Slow message send "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-27 14:09 +0200
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          Re: Slow message send VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-06-24 17:15 -0500
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            Re: Slow message send "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-06-23 22:34 +0800
            Re: Slow message send Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-25 09:38 -0400
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                Re: Slow message send Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-26 09:56 -0400
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