| philweb |
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| Fri Dec 07 2007 01:00 PM |
Outlook Express - very slow
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Hi
I have used Outlook Express for many years, but in the past 6 months or so it has slowed right down.
When checking for new messages it can take up to a minute to do so, when before it would do it in a flash. Any ideas please what might be causing this.
Thanks,
Phil
| RichieP |
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| Fri Dec 07 2007 01:27 PM |
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Re: Outlook Express - very slow
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Do you have a lot of saved messages in your inbox, sent items etc?
| philweb |
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| Fri Dec 07 2007 01:44 PM |
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Re: Outlook Express - very slow
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Not really, maybe 20 or so, we then delete these when we have finished with them.
| TCN |
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| Fri Dec 07 2007 05:42 PM |
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Re: Outlook Express - very slow
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Sorry to butt in, but I found the following elswhere. It might be worth a try before you start to go through more complex procedures.
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OE gradually slows down
This is almost always a sign of folders in need of compaction and/or a fragmented disk. Clean up your newsgroups, compact your folders, then run Disk Defragmenter (Start| Programs| Accessories| System Tools).
| philweb |
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| Thu Dec 13 2007 01:36 PM |
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Re: Outlook Express - very slow
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Hi
I just thought I'd tell you that I have found the route of the problem. When you have messages rules that don't download certain emails because of the email address or subject etc. these email just stay on your server, hence after downloading these emails to another email program this cleared the backlog and now OE is now as fast as it was when it was new!
Phil