PAINFULLY SLOW Windows Mail in Vista

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I added this page to an existing website with step by step graphics
and easy to comprehend explanations. It is available at NetOrator so
just add the dot com and you are there!

http://NetOrator.com eddie (at) SPUBOL.com (Anything before the at
sign works)

This webpage refers specifically to Windows Vista Email which is the
default built-in email client in the Vista O/S. It does NOT pertain to
the Outlook Client which is a part of Office 2003 and 2007 and usually
enabled for corporate exchange server users.

In Win/XP the default built-in email client was called "OUTLOOK
EXPRESS", and was contained in mostly all previous versions of Windows
Operating Systems. The program was called EXPRESS because it was fast
and easy to use and closely resembled the fatted calf called the
Outlook Client. By resembled I mean in look and feel only.

In the Windows Vista O/S, the Outlook Express program is not present.
It has been replaced by "Windows Mail". Please note that Microsoft may
have renamed this product by the time you read this.

The issues in Vista Windows Mail that this workaround specifically
applies to are as follows:
1. Ten Second Plus Delay on "CREATE" New Email Message.
2. Ten Second Plus Delay on "REPLY" or "FORWARD" Existing Email
Message.
3. Variable Delay in "AutoFill"Email Address from Address Book.
4. Ten Second Plus Delay From a Web Browser to "CREATE" a New Email
Message.

Please note that I was able to reduce the delays above, which were
very painful and increasing in duration, to less than 2 seconds....and
in most instances to under 1 second. My Windows Vista Mail now has the
Speedy Response of Outlook Express V6.

The issue at stake is the HTML handler in the Windows Email. By simply
toggling the HTML Send Encoding Format to another setting seems to fix
the problem in the current instance. The details are spelled out below
and in graphic format as well. But please remember this is a Current
State WORKAROUND and NOT A FIX !!!! A current state workaround means
that you must perform the workaround every time you open Windows Vista
Mail. If you do not perform the steps below each time you will
automatically revert back to the 10 Second Plus Pain. Please see the
explanation below as to why this 10 Second Delay Exists and the
caveats to employing this workaround.

If you like ugly emails, as in ASCII Text, you may turn off the HTML
feature completely and simply use plain text to read and reply to all
emails. This is very similar to moving back in time to circa 1973 !!!
It is the highly non-recommended solution to your high-priced
operating system purchase. Your emails will look as though they
originated from Yahoo !!!

The Current State Workaround, as illustrated below:
In your Main View of Mail (not in a message),
Click on TOOLS,
Options,
Send Tab,
HTML Settings... Button (Mail Sending Format)
In the "Encode Text Using:" Drop Down Button simply
Change it.
If it is set to "Quoted Printable" then change it to
"None" or "Base 64"
If it is set to "None" then change it to "Quoted
Printable" or "Base 64"....etc....
Click OK Button and then APPLY and OK to save the
settings

Please see the website NetOrator dot com for graphics and step by step
instructions.

CAVEATS:
This is a current state workaround and must be used each time you open
Windows Mail in Vista. Additionally, even after employing the
workaround you may experience reversion back to the initial delay
state. This usually happens if you have email open and you don't use
it for a few minutes. The program may experience a delay upon initial
re-use (after a few minutes of non usage) but the subsequent delays
will vanish.

GENESIS OF THE DELAY:
There are a number of schools of thought as to why this delay exists.
The most prominent reasoning deals with the Google/Microsoft Wars,
currently being managed by the forces from within at Fort Redmond.
There are over 50 million Vista Users, which translates into 50
Million 10 Second Delays for EACH Email SENT or READ. That is an
amazingly colossal amount of time. During each 10 second delay,
Microsoft is stealing the cycles from your PC and using them, en
masse, in the war on Google. Each 10 second delay is creating over 75
false server hits in the background of your PC, which causes Google
servers to believe the hits are legitimate http requests from a bona-
fide client.

This would seem like a decent technical strategy to kill off Google,
however, it is having the opposite affect. Google is able to charge
more for it's advertising because it truly believes more eyeballs are
viewing its paid and unpaid advertising. In online revenue, eyeballs
are worth more than gold or cocaine!

With the increasing web traffic, generated by Microsoft, Google stock
continues it's astronomical ascent. Apparently Google, which fields
the largest PC Server farms on the planet, is able to add more
resources more quickly than Microsoft anticipated (Imagine that). It
may take another 6 months or so before Microsoft realizes that their
strategy is doomed to failure. In Redmond employees only think within
the bun, and never outside it, so Google will always have 3 legs up on
their closest competition.

In other words, don't expect a Microsoft patch/update/fix or whatever
to correct this ugly problem anytime in 2007. Alternate input is
welcome- eddie (at) SPUBOL.com

Hope this helps !!!!
"Eddie Miller" eddie (at) SPUBOL.com
(e-mail address removed)
 

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