When I reply/forward an email why does the hourglass appear?

[Sirbossman]

Hey! In Microsoft Office Professional 2003 Outlook, When I either Reply to
an email or forward an email, the hourglass appears and "thinks" a while
before my new mai screen pops up. Why? Why doesn't the new mail screen pop
up immediately? Example? an "End of Auction" email from Ebay. If I wanted
to forward it to someone, I'd click forward (then the hourglass appears for
10-15 seconds) then the new mail screen will pop up. HOW CAN I CHANGE THE
SETTINGS?? PLEASE let me know!! Thanks in Advance!!!

Brenton

 

[Roady [MVP]]

A system lagging is not a setting to turn off or on (who would want this
setting?). You should look at your systems performance to see if you are
lacking hardware resources somewhere. Even when you have Word set as the
e-mail editor the reply should pop-up almost instantly (we're talking tenths
of a second here). When you have a virusscanner integrating with Office
disable the integration and try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

 

[Sirbossman]

So McAfee viruscan is "scanning" the email I forward and/or reply to before
the new mail screen pops up? Do I disable this THROUGH outlook or do I
disable McAfee directly? It's just weird. When you click reply or forward
like you said within 10th's of a second it should pop up...but it shows the
hourglass for at least 10 seconds, then pops up. ALSO, when I am sending an
email why must it sit in my outbox soooooo long before it leaves?? Does this
tie into the McAfee as well? Thanks in advance!!!!

 

[Brian Tillman]

ALSO, when I am sending an email why must it sit in my
outbox soooooo long before it leaves?? Does this tie into the McAfee
as well?

It could. It should be easy to test by disabling McAfee's mail scanning.