PC slows down when I get an incoming email

[PaulS]

I am using Office 2003.

Every time I get an incoming email message, my PC slows down so that I
cannot do anything until Outlook does its sending/receiving. This could be
seconds to several minutes. I have 1.24 GB of memory on a Compaq Presario
Pentium 2.93 GHz CPU. I have tried Outlook's "Detect and Repair." I have
defragmented my hard drive but I still have this problem.

I have 995,436 KB in my Inbox (one year of email). All old email has been
archived. I have 6,003,180 KB in Outlook folders (my electronic filing
cabinet).

Back in the 1990's we were told that offices were going paperless and that
we should store everything on computers and servers. Is Outlook not powerful
enough to store large amounts of data and work at the same time? Please tell
me I am not alone with this annoying slow down problem.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Back in the 1990's we were told that offices were going paperless and that
we should store everything on computers and servers. Is Outlook not
powerful
enough to store large amounts of data and work at the same time? Please
tell
me I am not alone with this annoying slow down problem.

Outlook is fully capable of storing as much data as your hard drive will hold.

You may not be alone, but it's not a systemic problem with Outlook because not
everyone sees that problem. If you start Outlook in safe mode (hold Ctrl when
you start it), does the same thing occur? If not, check your add-ins. Also,
if you have your antivirus program configured to integrate with Outlook,
uninstall it completely and reinstall it without the mail scanning feature.