Ooulook express slow downloading.

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WHEN i GO TO OUTLOOK EXPRESS TO CHECK MY MAIL BY CLICKING ON SEND AND RECEIVE
IT TAKES AT LEAST TWO TO THREE MINETUS FOR THE MNEW MESSAGES TO DOWN LOAD.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? I HAVE WINDOWS XP PRO.
 
WHEN i GO TO OUTLOOK EXPRESS TO CHECK MY MAIL BY CLICKING ON SEND AND RECEIVE
IT TAKES AT LEAST TWO TO THREE MINETUS FOR THE MNEW MESSAGES TO DOWN LOAD.
DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS PROBLEM? WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? I HAVE WINDOWS XP PRO.
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Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if type normally, in mixed
case.

This is a Windows newsgroup, and there are other newsgroups for help
with Outlook Express. You are much more likely to get the help you
need if you would ask your question in an Outlook Express newsgroup,
since that's where the Outlook Express experts hang out.
 
Please do not post all in CAPS! In terms of nettiquette it is considered
to be shouting.

How much RAM and what CPU does your computer have?

Download speeds are primarily dependent on the quality of your broadband
connection. What speed has your Internet Service Provider (ISP) told you
to expect? Have you done a speed test to see what your connection is
achieving? It might help to know more details of the type of connection
and the country you live in.

Routine housekeeping may help.

In Outlook Express place the cursor on Local Folders and select File,
Work Offline followed by File, Folder, Compact All. Do not attempt to
interupt or stop the process until it has completed. Close Outlook
Express when it has completed.

After compacting check your Outlook Express folders are as they should
be. Then select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files.
Also select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk
CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest
System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Crossposted to OE General]

1: Turn off your Caps Lock.

2: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant
layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

Note that for some AV programs, it may be necessary to uninstall the program
and reinstall in Custom Mode and opt out of e-mail scanning when the option
arises.

3: Move any messages you want to save out of Deleted Items, Sent Items and
the Inbox to folders that you create and then close OE and delete the dbx
files for those three folders.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and Inbox .dbx
files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open
OE.

Compact all folders as described below.

To help prevent this in the future:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2 or SP3}.
 
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