Cannot check Emails (internet works) / messageserver5 Eats 100% CPU of 1 Core (and battery)

Yes, definitely

Was the sync working for some time with Google account before it started to fail?

I think so but I can’t be 100% sure.

Have you tried to remove and add the Google account to see if that has any impact?

I had disabled it before, that didn’t help.

Now I removed it completely, then uninstalled Microsoft Exchange support (I know it has nothing to do with Google, just something unneeded I remembered - there are no longer Exchange accounts on my phone).

After a reboot all is good.

Re-adding the account and rebooting again => back to the problem as described in OP.

The other person having problems with messageserver5 said something about Wlan vs. Mobile Broadband iirc, so I tried enabling mobile bradband, disabling wlan, and rebooting. This does not seem to have any effect on my problem.


On my desktop I use evolution to access the same account. It doesn’t have 2FA enabled, and constantly asks me to confirm new logins from different devices, and re-enter my password. I don’t want it to ping my phone each time I log in. I think I’ll just set it to forward all incoming mail to a different account & fuck Google.