Try third-party speeder tool:

http://www.download.com/Speed-Gear/3...ml?tag=lst-0-1

On Mar 15, 3:34 am, "Beemer" wrote:
I use Outlook 2003. Is there anything I can do to speed up searching in

(a) Mail folders?
(b) contacts?

I do not use the XP indexing service but do not know if this is applicable
in Outlook

regards,

Beemer