Windows Mail Slowing down over past 2 days

[Guest]

Howdy all
Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes
appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started since
saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought it
was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
update from MS on saturday but thats it.

 

[MICHAEL]

Howdy all
Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes
appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started since
saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought it
was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
update from MS on saturday but thats it.

The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
no excuse. None.


-Michael

 

[Dustin Harper]

I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't
know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a
whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to group, as
well as going to the inbox...

Yes, it does need a fix.

--
Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

--

 

[MICHAEL]

Thankfully, I use Outlook for email. I couldn't imagine having
to put up with WinMail for doing both.


-Michael

 

[Mickey Segal]

I have 9 email accounts, 650 MB in my local folders, and about 6000 messages
in newsgroups (mostly this one) and I find Windows Mail to be slow only
when:
1. Clicking "Mark All as Read" in a newsgroup with many messages (though
Outlook Express was about as slow doing this)
2. Sending a message with a recipient whose address needs to be looked up
in Windows Contacts (Outlook Express was much faster at this).

I saw much worse slowness on a computer on which I did an upgrade install of
Vista, but after doing a clean install it was fine.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I haven't noticed any slowdown, but that could be due to a setting
I use (under Maintenance) "Delete news messages 8 days
after being downloaded."
Also, I don't let emails pile up in the system folders (Inbox,
Sent Items, Deleted Items).

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Well,thing is I dont use it for newsgroups at all.I use it only for mail and
I delete all of my mail after I read it,I have 3 or 4 messages all text,saved
in my drafts folder,but the other folders are completely empty. Just going
between 2 messages takes 4 or 5 seconds,it never used to do this ever since I
have had vista I have had no slow down or other trouble with it.

 

[Dustin Harper]

I use Outlook 2007 for 3 other email addresses, which get a lot of SPAM.
Thunderbird has 1 email address, and Windows Mail has 1 plus the newsgroups.

I also use Thunderbird (portable) for newsgroups. Why all three? So I can
learn them and play with them.

--
Dustin Harper
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.vistarip.com

--

 

[Mickey Segal]

I forgot:
3. Searching for an email seems slow. There is a pause before anything
seems to happen.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

1. Clicking "Mark All as Read" in a newsgroup with many messages (though
Outlook Express was about as slow doing this)

I do Ctrl-A Ctrl-Q.
Seems pretty fast.

 

[...winston]

Open Windows Mail, Click on Windows Calendar, close the Calendar...see if it has a positive impact.
..winston

: Well,thing is I dont use it for newsgroups at all.I use it only for mail and
: I delete all of my mail after I read it,I have 3 or 4 messages all text,saved
: in my drafts folder,but the other folders are completely empty. Just going
: between 2 messages takes 4 or 5 seconds,it never used to do this ever since I
: have had vista I have had no slow down or other trouble with it.
:

 

[Steve Cochran]

Disable email scanning in your antivirus software. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

If that is not the issue, then try compacting and if needed repairing the
database with my WMUtil program. www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

steve

 

[Guest]

Well,I don't run Antivirus software as it causes more problems than I have
ever had with viruses,luckily i have never had a virus that I didnt
intentionally install just to see what it did to be a wise guy

Actually,I opened and exited the calendar like the previous post said and
that seems to have fixed it for now.We will see though.

 

[Steve Cochran]

That's a very strange fix, but I'm glad it worked.

steve

 

[MICHAEL]

It is quite amazing that opening Windows Calendar and then
closing it actually helps, but it does... at least, with compose/reply
windows. I am thankful that Winston first told me about this last
week, and I still can't figure out why it makes a difference for some
users. However, it still takes two to three days to "mark all as read",
even if it's just a few messages. This mainly happens in newsgroups
with a lot of downloaded posts.

I'm glad Winton's trick has helped you, too.

-Michael

 

[Guest]

Well I thought it was fixed.The calendar thing still works,but i have to open
calendar and exit it each time i run windows mail which is kind of a pain.
Can anyone tell me what changed over the past couple of days to cause
calendar to have problems? I mean mail was really as fast as OE before this
past weekend and I didn't change anything on the system,I don't use it for
newsgroups and the most messages I have at any one time in any of the mail
folders is like 4 or 5.

 

[Steve Cochran]

Did you try CTRL-A, CTRL-Q to mark all read instead of CTRL-SHIFT-A? The
two key combination has always been faster in OE.

steve

 

[Steve Cochran]

You might try compacting the database. See www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

It won't hurt.

steve

 

[MICHAEL]

Yes, I've tried that. No difference.
Thanks, though.


-Michael

 

[...winston]

Yes...Rob, it is not a permanent fix.(Calendar has to be opened on each instance of opening Windows Mail). It remains intact until Windows Mail is closed.
Why this works is still a mystery.
..winston

: Well I thought it was fixed.The calendar thing still works,but i have to open
: calendar and exit it each time i run windows mail which is kind of a pain.
: Can anyone tell me what changed over the past couple of days to cause
: calendar to have problems? I mean mail was really as fast as OE before this
: past weekend and I didn't change anything on the system,I don't use it for
: newsgroups and the most messages I have at any one time in any of the mail
: folders is like 4 or 5.
:
: "Steve Cochran" wrote:
:
: > That's a very strange fix, but I'm glad it worked.
: >
: > steve
: >
: > : > > Well,I don't run Antivirus software as it causes more problems than I have
: > > ever had with viruses,luckily i have never had a virus that I didnt
: > > intentionally install just to see what it did to be a wise guy
: > >
: > > Actually,I opened and exited the calendar like the previous post said and
: > > that seems to have fixed it for now.We will see though.
: > >
: > > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
: > >
: > >> Disable email scanning in your antivirus software. See
: > >> www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
: > >>
: > >> If that is not the issue, then try compacting and if needed repairing the
: > >> database with my WMUtil program. www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
: > >>
: > >> steve
: > >>
: > >> : > >> > Howdy all
: > >> > Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
: > >> > extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another
: > >> > takes
: > >> > appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started
: > >> > since
: > >> > saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I
: > >> > thought
: > >> > it
: > >> > was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
: > >> > me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk
: > >> > mail
: > >> > update from MS on saturday but thats it.
: > >> >
: > >>
: >