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Old October 14th 08, 10:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Default Outlook takes forever to download new mail

I am having a problem where Outlook takes hours to download mail if I
have more than 20 or so messages on the server (POP). If I am using
Outlook and new messages come in one at a time...no problem. But if I
go offline and then come back and have a large amount of messages
(especially if they have attachments) it gets the first couple of
emails and then grinds to a halt and takes a few minutes per email
(outlook is totally frozen while downloading).

If I have 5 or 10 messages it's more or less fine. If new mail arrives
as I'm working no problem at all. If I have 100 on the server, then I
can expect my outlook to be frozen for over an hour when I open it.

I've tried archiving old mail, deleting junk email and deleted items,
defragging my drive, etc. I have 40 gb free on the drive and 2Gb of
RAM so I am at a loss.

I am guessing this is a memory or disk space issue as it has only
started recently as my inbox got huge.

Any ideas?

Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista (Lenovo X61s laptop).
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Old October 14th 08, 10:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Default Outlook takes forever to download new mail

Lan or Modem .Version of Outlook etc You did not give too many details

http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm

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I am having a problem where Outlook takes hours to download mail if I
have more than 20 or so messages on the server (POP). If I am using
Outlook and new messages come in one at a time...no problem. But if I
go offline and then come back and have a large amount of messages
(especially if they have attachments) it gets the first couple of
emails and then grinds to a halt and takes a few minutes per email
(outlook is totally frozen while downloading).

If I have 5 or 10 messages it's more or less fine. If new mail arrives
as I'm working no problem at all. If I have 100 on the server, then I
can expect my outlook to be frozen for over an hour when I open it.

I've tried archiving old mail, deleting junk email and deleted items,
defragging my drive, etc. I have 40 gb free on the drive and 2Gb of
RAM so I am at a loss.

I am guessing this is a memory or disk space issue as it has only
started recently as my inbox got huge.

Any ideas?

Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista (Lenovo X61s laptop).

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Old October 14th 08, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Default Outlook takes forever to download new mail

Outlook 2007 SP1

Lan connection. T1 from the office, cable modem from home. It happens
regardless of where I connect from (hotel, coffee shop, home, work,
etc). It's not the network.

On Oct 14, 5:35*pm, "Peter Foldes" wrote:
Lan or Modem .Version of Outlook etc *You did not give too many details

http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm

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