I am running Outlook Express SP1 on Windows XP SP1. For the past two or three
weeks, attachments have taken forever to download from my OP 3 mailbox into
Outlook Express. 1 megabyte typically takes an hour. I am on a LAN that
otherwise is quite fast - file downloads through Internet Explorer go very
quickly.

The problem is not the email server (hosted at Earthlink) or the ISP.
Attachments download just fine from the same mailbox to a different computer
running OE6 SP1. I believe that something has happened to OE 6 itself.

I have tried everything I can think of. This includes compacting existing
messages; moving all existing messages to different folders and recreating
the Inbox and Sent Items folders; creating a new identity (with and without
importing existing messages) and reinstalling OE 6 using the registry editing
trick that appears in the MS Knowledge Base. Nothing works.

Can anyone think of an alternative other than reformatting the C drive?

Thanks in advance.

Modelesq

If you are running an Anti-spam program or an Anti-virus set to scan
e-mail as it downloads, either of those could be the source of your
problem.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"modelesq" wrote in message
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I am running Outlook Express SP1 on Windows XP SP1. For the past two or
three
weeks, attachments have taken forever to download from my OP 3 mailbox
into
Outlook Express. 1 megabyte typically takes an hour. I am on a LAN
that
otherwise is quite fast - file downloads through Internet Explorer go
very
quickly.

The problem is not the email server (hosted at Earthlink) or the ISP.
Attachments download just fine from the same mailbox to a different
computer
running OE6 SP1. I believe that something has happened to OE 6 itself.

I have tried everything I can think of. This includes compacting
existing
messages; moving all existing messages to different folders and
recreating
the Inbox and Sent Items folders; creating a new identity (with and
without
importing existing messages) and reinstalling OE 6 using the registry
editing
trick that appears in the MS Knowledge Base. Nothing works.

Can anyone think of an alternative other than reformatting the C
drive?

Thanks in advance.

Modelesq

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
If you are running an Anti-spam program or an Anti-virus set to scan
e-mail as it downloads, either of those could be the source of your
problem.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"modelesq" wrote in message
...
I am running Outlook Express SP1 on Windows XP SP1. For the past two or
three
weeks, attachments have taken forever to download from my OP 3 mailbox
into
Outlook Express. 1 megabyte typically takes an hour. I am on a LAN that
otherwise is quite fast - file downloads through Internet Explorer go
very
quickly.

The problem is not the email server (hosted at Earthlink) or the ISP.
Attachments download just fine from the same mailbox to a different
computer
running OE6 SP1. I believe that something has happened to OE 6 itself.

I have tried everything I can think of. This includes compacting existing
messages; moving all existing messages to different folders and
recreating
the Inbox and Sent Items folders; creating a new identity (with and
without
importing existing messages) and reinstalling OE 6 using the registry
editing
trick that appears in the MS Knowledge Base. Nothing works.

Can anyone think of an alternative other than reformatting the C drive?

Thanks in advance.

Modelesq

Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection, it's the most likely cause of the problem, and even
Symantec says it's not necessary:

paste
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
/paste
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

modelesq wrote:
I am running Outlook Express SP1 on Windows XP SP1. For the past two or
three weeks, attachments have taken forever to download from my OP 3
mailbox into Outlook Express. 1 megabyte typically takes an hour. I am on
a LAN that otherwise is quite fast - file downloads through Internet
Explorer go very quickly.

The problem is not the email server (hosted at Earthlink) or the ISP.
Attachments download just fine from the same mailbox to a different
computer running OE6 SP1. I believe that something has happened to OE 6
itself.

I have tried everything I can think of. This includes compacting existing
messages; moving all existing messages to different folders and recreating
the Inbox and Sent Items folders; creating a new identity (with and
without importing existing messages) and reinstalling OE 6 using the
registry editing trick that appears in the MS Knowledge Base. Nothing
works.

Can anyone think of an alternative other than reformatting the C drive?

Thanks in advance.

Modelesq

Thanks for the advice, but I have already disabled email scanning in Norton
Antivirus. Any other advice?

Thanks

modelesq

"modelesq" wrote:

I am running Outlook Express SP1 on Windows XP SP1. For the past two or three
weeks, attachments have taken forever to download from my OP 3 mailbox into
Outlook Express. 1 megabyte typically takes an hour. I am on a LAN that
otherwise is quite fast - file downloads through Internet Explorer go very
quickly.

The problem is not the email server (hosted at Earthlink) or the ISP.
Attachments download just fine from the same mailbox to a different computer
running OE6 SP1. I believe that something has happened to OE 6 itself.

I have tried everything I can think of. This includes compacting existing
messages; moving all existing messages to different folders and recreating
the Inbox and Sent Items folders; creating a new identity (with and without
importing existing messages) and reinstalling OE 6 using the registry editing
trick that appears in the MS Knowledge Base. Nothing works.

Can anyone think of an alternative other than reformatting the C drive?

Thanks in advance.

Modelesq