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Is one large file for each mail folder really the most efficient way to go? Almost every major problem I've had or heard about with Thunderbird comes from some kind of corruption or other problem with these files, which can get huge. Plus, this structure necessitates all kinds of other things like file compaction, attachment stripping, etc. The profile folder is confusing with contents-less folders, summary files, duplicate file structures for individual accounts and global folders, etc. I would love to see this smoothed out and streamlined.
This is one of my largest gripes. Access is really slow with large folders/files. Is SQLite a possibility? There is a JDBC port that may be integrated into Thunderbird. Third party programs would also be able to access the data easily (not that accessing a text file is difficult, but parsing is a mess!)
Of course, SQLite storing all information in one file is also prone to expensive data losses.
== Strip attachments enhancements ==
