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Outlook2003, using POP3. How on earth is it possible for Outlook to take
from one to several seconds for an email to be correctly displayed, as plain
text mind you, in the preview panel?

Note that this is POP3 - the email is already downloaded - and with emails
of no significant size. And if Outlook is going to take so long to display a
preview then why on earth does it not display a "loading, please wait" note?

This is on an AMD64 3200+ system with 1GB of RAM and SATA RAID, so I'm not
lacking in resources, and the machine is otherwise idling. Oh, and it's been
like this right from the start, so it's not as though the messagebase is
huge.
 
Turn off Word as the message editor.

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After furious head scratching, /mel/ asked:

| Outlook2003, using POP3. How on earth is it possible for Outlook to
| take from one to several seconds for an email to be correctly
| displayed, as plain text mind you, in the preview panel?
|
| Note that this is POP3 - the email is already downloaded - and with
| emails of no significant size. And if Outlook is going to take so
| long to display a preview then why on earth does it not display a
| "loading, please wait" note?
|
| This is on an AMD64 3200+ system with 1GB of RAM and SATA RAID, so
| I'm not lacking in resources, and the machine is otherwise idling.
| Oh, and it's been like this right from the start, so it's not as
| though the messagebase is huge.
 
That's one of the very first things I do to any Outlook installation - it's
not that.

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/mel/

np: silence

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
 
do you have mapped drives?
an antivirus scanner scanning the message store?

(word as the editor has no effort on this BTW)

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
 
Mapped drives, yes, though they shouldn't be used by outlook - the
messagebase is local. Antivirus is Sophos, which has worked reliably for me
for years - it's set to scan on reads, in quick mode. Incidentally I don't
get any delays with other email clients, including OE, and it's not limited
to mails with attachments.

--

/mel/

np: silence

Diane Poremsky said:
do you have mapped drives?
an antivirus scanner scanning the message store?

(word as the editor has no effort on this BTW)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






/mel/ said:
Outlook2003, using POP3. How on earth is it possible for Outlook to take
from one to several seconds for an email to be correctly displayed, as
plain text mind you, in the preview panel?

Note that this is POP3 - the email is already downloaded - and with
emails of no significant size. And if Outlook is going to take so long to
display a preview then why on earth does it not display a "loading,
please wait" note?

This is on an AMD64 3200+ system with 1GB of RAM and SATA RAID, so I'm
not lacking in resources, and the machine is otherwise idling. Oh, and
it's been like this right from the start, so it's not as though the
messagebase is huge.
--

/mel/

np: silence
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Outlook and outlook express are two totally different clients and you can't
compare how one works with the other.

if sophos is scanning inside outlook, disable it. if there is only one
mapped drive, I'd try disabling it and see if it helps.

--

/mel/ said:
Mapped drives, yes, though they shouldn't be used by outlook - the
messagebase is local. Antivirus is Sophos, which has worked reliably for
me for years - it's set to scan on reads, in quick mode. Incidentally I
don't get any delays with other email clients, including OE, and it's not
limited to mails with attachments.

--

/mel/

np: silence

Diane Poremsky said:
do you have mapped drives?
an antivirus scanner scanning the message store?

(word as the editor has no effort on this BTW)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






/mel/ said:
Outlook2003, using POP3. How on earth is it possible for Outlook to take
from one to several seconds for an email to be correctly displayed, as
plain text mind you, in the preview panel?

Note that this is POP3 - the email is already downloaded - and with
emails of no significant size. And if Outlook is going to take so long
to display a preview then why on earth does it not display a "loading,
please wait" note?

This is on an AMD64 3200+ system with 1GB of RAM and SATA RAID, so I'm
not lacking in resources, and the machine is otherwise idling. Oh, and
it's been like this right from the start, so it's not as though the
messagebase is huge.
--

/mel/

np: silence
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No, I'm making the point that other clients work fine, and therefore the
problem is with Outlook, or some effect of Outlook. Sophos is not scanning
'inside' Outlook, and removing mapped drives makes no difference.
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/mel/

np: silence

Diane Poremsky said:
Outlook and outlook express are two totally different clients and you
can't compare how one works with the other.

if sophos is scanning inside outlook, disable it. if there is only one
mapped drive, I'd try disabling it and see if it helps.

--

/mel/ said:
Mapped drives, yes, though they shouldn't be used by outlook - the
messagebase is local. Antivirus is Sophos, which has worked reliably for
me for years - it's set to scan on reads, in quick mode. Incidentally I
don't get any delays with other email clients, including OE, and it's not
limited to mails with attachments.

--

/mel/

np: silence

Diane Poremsky said:
do you have mapped drives?
an antivirus scanner scanning the message store?

(word as the editor has no effort on this BTW)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/






Outlook2003, using POP3. How on earth is it possible for Outlook to
take from one to several seconds for an email to be correctly
displayed, as plain text mind you, in the preview panel?

Note that this is POP3 - the email is already downloaded - and with
emails of no significant size. And if Outlook is going to take so long
to display a preview then why on earth does it not display a "loading,
please wait" note?

This is on an AMD64 3200+ system with 1GB of RAM and SATA RAID, so I'm
not lacking in resources, and the machine is otherwise idling. Oh, and
it's been like this right from the start, so it's not as though the
messagebase is huge.
--

/mel/

np: silence
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