Slow receive via VPN

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Larry

I'm using Outlook 2000 in Exchange mode via VPN over DSL. Everything works
great except when someone sends mail with an attachment. Even a small
attachment like a 150k Word doc locks up Outlook for about 45 seconds. If I
have Outlook closed and open it to find the same attachment no problem.
Only when Outlook is currently open and is receiving it is there a problem.

I thought the mail was stored on the server and was only retrieved when
requested. Why would it freeze only during receive? After Outlook starts
working again I can retrieve the email in a couple of seconds. BTW, I have
temporarily turned off virus scan and it didn't seem to help.

Any ideas?

Larry
 
Larry said:
I'm using Outlook 2000 in Exchange mode via VPN over DSL. Everything
works great except when someone sends mail with an attachment. Even a
small attachment like a 150k Word doc locks up Outlook for about 45
seconds. If I have Outlook closed and open it to find the same
attachment no problem. Only when Outlook is currently open and is
receiving it is there a problem.

I thought the mail was stored on the server and was only retrieved
when requested. Why would it freeze only during receive? After
Outlook starts working again I can retrieve the email in a couple of
seconds. BTW, I have temporarily turned off virus scan and it didn't
seem to help.

Any ideas?

Larry
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If you set up your mail profile to prompt you to connect or work offline
when starting Outlook, and choose work offline, you can sync in the
background to your existing OST /offline folders file by pressing F9 or
using scheduled background syncs. This will work a LOT better than
connecting 'live' to the server data over VPN.
 
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