general question about number of items in the inbox

[lorne]

i have an instance with outlook xp... recently my outlook has slowed down
dramatically. Could it be because there are over 8200 emails stored in the
inbox?
is there a limit to the amount that can be stored in the inbox?
the computer is a laptop with celeron 1.1Ghz and 256MB RAM with 7GB free
space on the hard drive.

thanks

 

[D@annyBoy]

any 3rd party add ins?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

outlook 2002 can store up to 65,000 items... or 2GB in file size. While more
items = some slowness and more ram will help (256 meg is on the low side for
outlook- fortunately even notebook ram is fairly cheap), 8200 isn;'t all
that many. But if you want, you can either use autoarchive to reduce it or
just move older mail to another folder.


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[SgtRich]

i have an instance with outlook xp... recently my outlook has slowed down
dramatically. Could it be because there are over 8200 emails stored in the
inbox?

It is never a good idea to use your Inbox to *store* messages. After a
message is read, if you want to keep it, try moving the messages to folders
that you create. For example, create a folder named "Saved" and move all of
the messages from your Inbox there and see if that helps.