-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express 6 SLOW

Thanx for responding..Smiles Kathy
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From: "GFLJR" <gfljr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:30 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express 6 SLOW


> Source
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/store.htm#deldbx
> Compact Your OE Folders
> Like most database programs, OE does not actually remove an item from a
> *.dbx file when you delete a message. Instead it merely tags the item for
> removal at a later time, mainly when you next compact your folders. Until
> then, the deleted message is still occupying disk space, which can cause
OE
> to perform more slowly when accessing the *.dbx file. To recover disk
space
> and keep your files as small as possible, you need to compact your folders
> regularly. In the OE Folder list (View| Layout| Folder List), click
Outlook
> Express so that no mail or news folder is open. Now click File| Work
Offline
> so that no new messages will be arriving. Finally, click File| Folder|
> Compact All Folders. This process can take several minutes and you should
> not attempt to use your computer until it is finished. If an error occurs,
> such as "cannot compact, folder in use", just close OE, wait a second or
> two, then re-open OE and begin the process again. This will compact not
only
> your news folders, but also all of your mail folders and the all-important
> Folders.dbx. To compact only news folders, click Tools| Options|
> Maintenance| Clean up Now, then click Compact.
>
> To compact a single mail folder, just click once on the folder to select
it,
> then click File| Folder| Compact. To compact a single newsgroup folder,
> right-click on the newsgroup, then click Properties| Local File| Compact.
> Note: If the Folders.dbx becomes corrupt, OE often stops displaying
folders
> for existing *.dbx files, and sometimes will simply refuse to start. Also
a
> bloated Folders.dbx can make OE run very slowly. Both problems can be
> repaired by closing OE and deleting Folders.dbx. Understand though that
you
> will lose the mail tree structure, all lists of newsgroups, and all
> synchronization options, and that message rules will likely need to be
> edited.
>
> GFL
>
> >
> > From: "Kathy M." <frankles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Outlook Express 6
> > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:03:47 -0600
> >
> > Windows 98se
> > My Outlook Express has started hanging for a long time on trying to open
> it....any ideas?...ran my virus scan and im clean..thanx Kathy
> >
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