Outlook 2003 Running S-L-O-W-LY and other problems

[YJ]

I know that the same problem was reported late last year... but it's still a
problem:
I'm running Outlook 2003 on a Dell XPS, 3.4 GhZ, 2GB RAM, XP SP2 - fully
updated as of 1/22/06. It's running on a stand-alone PC.

Outlook is running slowly when trying to create a new email (clicking on New
at top left it takes 5 seconds to open. But, moving from Mail to Calender to
Contacts takes no time, and moving within mail directories takes very little
time.

I don't have freezing or other problems.

Also (far less important), when Outlook is first turned on in the morning,
sometimes it will not go out for mail without prompting (it's programmed to
fetch mail every 1 minute), and when mail arrives, sometimes it does not
chime -- but often it does. Windows Sounds, and volume, are properly set.
Once it goes out for mail the first time, it continues to do so throughout
the day. Is this somewhat erratic behavior common?

THANKS!
YJ

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Number one, increase your polling interval to 10 minutes at a minimum. 1
minute does not give Outlook enough time to poll, complete the handshake,
download and disconnect from the mail server. People who think that
constantly polling for new mail every minute is a good thing(how would they
read it all in a minute anyway?) run the risk of damaging their Outlook
send/receive settings as well as their mail profile.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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reading.

After furious head scratching, YJ asked:

| I know that the same problem was reported late last year... but it's
| still a problem:
| I'm running Outlook 2003 on a Dell XPS, 3.4 GhZ, 2GB RAM, XP SP2 -
| fully updated as of 1/22/06. It's running on a stand-alone PC.
|
| Outlook is running slowly when trying to create a new email (clicking
| on New at top left it takes 5 seconds to open. But, moving from Mail
| to Calender to Contacts takes no time, and moving within mail
| directories takes very little time.
|
| I don't have freezing or other problems.
|
| Also (far less important), when Outlook is first turned on in the
| morning, sometimes it will not go out for mail without prompting
| (it's programmed to fetch mail every 1 minute), and when mail
| arrives, sometimes it does not chime -- but often it does. Windows
| Sounds, and volume, are properly set. Once it goes out for mail the
| first time, it continues to do so throughout the day. Is this
| somewhat erratic behavior common?
|
| THANKS!
| YJ

 

[YJ]

Thanks Milly (also for your reply to my other question)!

Done -- increased polling to 10 min. I also reduced my pst file size from
nearly 200MB to about 80MB by removing old emails, then compressed the file a
few times, closed the program, rebooted and I'm ready for a more efficient
operation.

BUT, clicking on "New" to create a new email still takes 5-7 seconds before
it opens.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
YJ