Entourage 2008 extremely slow during initial sync

[rahvee]

To migrate a large mailbox (13G) from an old imap server to an Exchange 2007
server, here's what I did:

- Outlook 2007 sync to old IMAP server. Export to PST. Took ~4 hours to
complete.
- In Outlook, chop about 50% of the PST, bringing it down to 5.1G
- In Outlook 07, create new profile, connect to new Exchange 07 (fully
updated) account. Import the PST file. Took ~4 hours. All folders up to
date.
- Connect Entourage 2008 to the new Exchange account. Leave it running
overnight downloading.

In the morning, still not done. Reboot the machine. Connect again, let it
run a few more hours. Reboot and repeat. A few more hours.

Now I notice - Entourage is presently downloading ~ 6 messages per second.
Why is this so darn slow?

 

[Diane Ross]

Why is this so darn slow?

See if these links help:

Optimize Entourage to better work with Exchange

<http://tinyurl.com/56ea7k>

Connecting Entourage to an Exchange Server at work
<http://tinyurl.com/77ar49>

Connecting Entourage to an Exchange Server from Home
<http://tinyurl.com/6w9fv3>

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

Now I notice - Entourage is presently downloading ~ 6 messages per second.
Why is this so darn slow?

This may be normal. Entourage connects using the WebDAV protocol, which
isn't as efficient as other protocols. Just let it run.

13GB is a huge amount of data for a mail server. I'd suggest you archive
as much as possible, move attachments to file servers and try to get
your message store down to less than 2GB.

Yes, this requires developing a different style of working but mail
servers should really be used for transitory data and not long term
storage. They're not nearly as efficient for file storage and transfers.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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