Outlook Express hogs all processing under FIND

[Elind]

I finally get around to asking about this. If I do a "FIND" search in outlook
express and select "search all text" in a folder that has thousands of
messages (or worse, all folders), and it doesn't find something quickly, then
this search totally takes over the processor as if multitasking priorities
was something that belongs in the 80's. Even Task Manager cannot seem to end
the search and multiple task manager "ends" result in deleted messages from
the folder in question after it eventually ends. Nothing else useful can be
done in the meantime.

This seems so primitive that I keep thinking it must be me that is missing
something obvious.

Any advice, other than use FIND carefully?

 

[Gordon]

I finally get around to asking about this. If I do a "FIND" search in
outlook
express and select "search all text" in a folder that has thousands of
messages (or worse, all folders), and it doesn't find something quickly,
then
this search totally takes over the processor as if multitasking priorities
was something that belongs in the 80's. Even Task Manager cannot seem to
end
the search and multiple task manager "ends" result in deleted messages
from
the folder in question after it eventually ends. Nothing else useful can
be
done in the meantime.

This seems so primitive that I keep thinking it must be me that is missing
something obvious.

Any advice, other than use FIND carefully?

You could try posting in an OE group - OE is not part of Office....