Outlook Web Access and replying to messages with attachments

[groupslrn]

I use Outlook Web Access to check my work email. My company uses
Exchange 2003 and provides Outlook for at-office use.

I often get emails with large and legitimate attachments. When I reply
to these via OWA, I have to wait several minutes for the compose window
to come up. I'm guessing that it is pulling the whole message
including multiple megabytes of the attachment from the server. It's
slow on a fast connection and essentially hangs from dialups.
Replying to messages without attachments is quick. I tried unchecking
"Options --> Privacy --> Block external content in HTML e-mail
messages" but that doesn't solve the problem. I couldn't find any
other obvious configuration settings.

Advice appreciated.

--- Ravi

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I use Outlook Web Access to check my work email. My company uses
Exchange 2003 and provides Outlook for at-office use.

I often get emails with large and legitimate attachments. When I reply
to these via OWA, I have to wait several minutes for the compose
window to come up. I'm guessing that it is pulling the whole message
including multiple megabytes of the attachment from the server. It's
slow on a fast connection and essentially hangs from dialups.
Replying to messages without attachments is quick. I tried unchecking
"Options --> Privacy --> Block external content in HTML e-mail
messages" but that doesn't solve the problem. I couldn't find any
other obvious configuration settings.

Advice appreciated.

--- Ravi

Hi - I suggest you post in microsoft.public.exchange.clients. OWA is part of
Exchange, not Outlook. Mention your browser & OS versions, too.

 

[groupslrn]

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Hi - I suggest you post in microsoft.public.exchange.clients. OWA is part of
Exchange, not Outlook. Mention your browser & OS versions, too.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the redirect - I will try over there.

--- R

 

[minahb]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the redirect - I will try over there.

--- R