Hi Mike Only my sent items folder is busy, but I do empty even that periodically. It's just that it is a useful folder for referring back to threads. My inbox isn't that bad, and I have all my list Emails going into different folders with the Outlook rules. It's just the odd occasion when I'm thrown out and everything silences, where only rebooting the machine recovers my sanity! (smile). I haven't had the problem in Word, thankfully, or else I would be really nervous about writing essays and the like if that kept happening. Kind Regards, Jackie Cairns -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Moore Sent: 19 January 2012 21:42 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Outlook and computer freezing Hello, I just tried something. Deleted all sent, deleted items and archived messages in deleted and sent folders. It seems to be running faster, but I would need a message from Jackie, (as I deleted all the others <smiles>!) Perhaps a case of too much information?! Regards, Mike ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq