My IMAP folder, albeit large, is *NOT* encrypted and I do suffer from the same problem as long as the Message Pane (message preview) is open. Switching it off with F8 calms Thunderbird 17.0 down to almost negligible CPU usage levels.
My IMAP folder, albeit large, is *NOT* encrypted and I do suffer from the same problem as long as the Message Pane (message preview) is open. Switching it off with F8 calms Thunderbird 17.0 down to almost negligible CPU usage levels.