Sizes of mailboxes/folders

[Jocab]

I have been using Eudora since the beginning (since about 8 years or
so, I guess), but am currently switching to Outlook 2003. It did an
import of all my mailboxes. I had 1 GB of mail in Eudora, in different
folders, of course; Eudora didn't have trouble with this. I had
several "backup" (old mail) folders with 1000s of messages. These
folders seemd to take forever to open in Outlook 2003 (well, in
Eudora, this would take 5 seconds, in Outlook 2003, about 30). Is this
normal? What can I do optimize this? I need to have access to all my
mail at all times, be able to search through it, view it, etc.

Other question: is there an easy way to see the message headers (using
one icon or one shortcut) of an e-mail?
2nd other question: I would like to see the timezone displayed in the
Sent-column of Outlook 2003 (eg 12/12/1990 12:33 +0200). How do I do
this? Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have been using Eudora since the beginning (since about 8 years or
so, I guess), but am currently switching to Outlook 2003. It did an
import of all my mailboxes. I had 1 GB of mail in Eudora, in different
folders, of course; Eudora didn't have trouble with this. I had
several "backup" (old mail) folders with 1000s of messages. These
folders seemd to take forever to open in Outlook 2003 (well, in
Eudora, this would take 5 seconds, in Outlook 2003, about 30). Is this
normal?

Depends on many factors.

What can I do optimize this? I need to have access to all my
mail at all times, be able to search through it, view it, etc.

Depends on how you've organized things now. How many PSTs do you have? Are
they ANSI or Unicode format?

Other question: is there an easy way to see the message headers (using
one icon or one shortcut) of an e-mail?

In the messgae view, on the message subject, right-click, choose Options.
Or, if the message is open, click View>Options

2nd other question: I would like to see the timezone displayed in the
Sent-column of Outlook 2003 (eg 12/12/1990 12:33 +0200). How do I do
this?

You don't, as far as I can tell.