forwarding emails via BCC

[Guest]

Hi, when I forward on an email to one or more people and
put them in BCC it takes forever for each contact to be entered into
the BCC column, which I have to say never happened before, can someone
please help?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi, when I forward on an email to one or more people and
put them in BCC it takes forever for each contact to be entered into
the BCC column, which I have to say never happened before,

Do you mean that your typing slows down?

 

[Guest]

Hi Brian, Not particularly, it is just that when I add two or three or so
names in
BCC it just hangs for several seconds between each one before entering, and
does the same thing when I press send?
A friend of mine said I may have a bug, so I should do a complete check of C
drive?
I am about to try that??

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi Brian, Not particularly, it is just that when I add two or three
or so names in
BCC it just hangs for several seconds between each one before
entering, and does the same thing when I press send?

Do you mean there's a delay before Outlook resolves the address (i.e.,
underlines it)? Is this with a Contacts folder in a local PST?

 

[Guest]

Yes Brian, thats exactly what its doing, if I receive an email from a person
that I think is worth sharing I forward it on by going into my contacts and
choosing names from there and sending it off.
I have been doing that for ages, it is only the last couple of weeks I have
had this problem? "Oh" as I said, a friend thought I should scan my PC, which
I did and it did not resolve the problem.
I am not sure what a PST is?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yes Brian, thats exactly what its doing, if I receive an email from a
person that I think is worth sharing I forward it on by going into my
contacts and choosing names from there and sending it off.
I have been doing that for ages, it is only the last couple of weeks
I have had this problem? "Oh" as I said, a friend thought I should
scan my PC, which I did and it did not resolve the problem.
I am not sure what a PST is?

PST = "Personal Folders file", used when your only accounts are POP accounts
(and at other times, as well). I should have asked if you were using an
Exchange mailbox to store your data.

 

[Guest]

Hi again, I simply have a list of contact friends and family, which when I am
going to forward an email on I just select "forward" and choose names from
that list to send to, as for an exchange mailbox? I simply use my ISP which
is Optusnet here in Australia and Microsoft Outlook.
Sorry if I am a bit vague....not as young as I used to be

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi again, I simply have a list of contact friends and family, which
when I am going to forward an email on I just select "forward" and
choose names from that list to send to, as for an exchange mailbox? I
simply use my ISP which is Optusnet here in Australia and Microsoft
Outlook.

OK, you're using a PST and a POP/SMTP account.

If this were happening to me, I think I'd try a new mail profile. I'm not
sure it would help, but a new profile addresses many problems not
addressable any other way. See this:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm . Connect your existing PST
top this new profile; don't start a new PST.

Sorry if I am a bit vague....not as young as I used to be

Many of us are in that same boat!

 

[horrob]

Thank you Brian, it all seems pretty involved, but if all else fails I will
give a try.
I thought if Outlook was corrupted could I not simply put in my Win. XP disc
and re-run it?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you Brian, it all seems pretty involved, but if all else fails
I will give a try.

GIive it a try, even if nothing else has failed.

I thought if Outlook was corrupted could I not simply put in my Win.
XP disc and re-run it?

Sorry, that's not a correct assumption.

 

[horrob]

Ok, thanks Brian, I will attempt your suggested remedy

 

[horrob]

Hi again Brian, I had a look at Outlook express and it appears at this point
in time I dont have the same problems as in Outlook.
Do you think that will solve my problem?, even though I wont have the same
resources as before I can live with that, I just dont want to start using it
and then develop the same problem?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi again Brian, I had a look at Outlook express and it appears at
this point in time I dont have the same problems as in Outlook.
Do you think that will solve my problem?, even though I wont have the
same resources as before I can live with that, I just dont want to
start using it and then develop the same problem?

Outlook Express is a simpler program and often will work when Outlook
doesn't, but that's no guarantee it will always work when Outlook doesn't.
Any POP/SMTP client is subject to the same protocol requirements as any
other.

That said, if you don't need features ike calendaring and task management,
use whatever tool suits you.

 

[horrob]

Thank you Brian, I really do appreciate all the help you have provided me,
and I can live without calendars etc. even though they can be very helpful
especially as you get older, if I become frustrated because I have forgotten
something I will go back to outlook and do what you suggested.
Once again thank you.
horrob