TSGL: OE Slowdown

[Tilman Brandl]

Mike,

with automatic updates - if you have XP - would update to IE 7 I guess, but I doubt that OE is touched by this, OE7 is still Beta AFAIK and will only ship with Vista. Actually it'll also change the name and be a different product ;-)

There may smaller updates or fixes for OE6 be coming with updates however.

You could btw check your IE under Help ('?') | Info or similar for the version you run. 

One trick might help in case there's a problem email in one of the folders. Before you follow this tip you should save away all your email folders and emails to a different place though, one you can remember afterwards!

"Go to OE, Tools, Options: Maintenance. 
Half way down on the right side are two labels: 
Click on Clean Up Now. "
From: http://fire-cat.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry061130-140720

Defragging is another option if you haven't done this in a timely manner .

On the web I've seen a slowdown problem mentioned after installing IE7 - that guy I recall got rid of the problem by uninstalling IE7. I don't know whether this is the best option. Maybe others can add their experiences.

Tilman
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  Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Dezember 2006 22:29
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  Tilman,
  Nothing new scanning emails.  I've used AVG email scanner for quite some 
  time.
  I don't keep a lot of email folders or emails in OE.  Deleted regularly.
  I allow OE to compress files every time it asks, which is fairly regularly.
  I did install Spyware Terminator a few weeks ago, but I'm not aware of any 
  email scanner in it.
  Did Microsoft update OE anytime recently?  I allow automatic updates of IE, 
  but I don't know if that includes OE updates or not.
  Mike
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  From: "Tilman Brandl" <arbit at gmx.at>
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  Mike,

  a few ideas right off of my head:

  1. Any newly installed/updated/set-up Antivirus or spywaredetection etc. 
  software sanning your emails?

  2. Email folders grown too big, too many messages in them?

  3. Try compacting the folders from Files | Folders | Compress ... or the 
  like

  That's all for the time being

  Tilman