Bruce
Fri Mar 28 11:23:02 PDT 2008
Are you using Outlook Express, or Webmail? A new mail alert should not
affect speed of OE, but please head these warnings.
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
And backup often.
Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
This is a great two click program:
Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Rachana" <mbs.rachana@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bd589b9c-7531-4baa-8fd6-58b602731ed4@c19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi!
> Does New mail alert service of toolbar affects the system speed?
> I have more than 2000 unread mails in my inbox. on every selection of
> Internet
> explorer , yahoo toolbar- Mail icon , gives me message of no. of new
> mails. Does
> it keep track of mails / load all those mails in the memory of my
> system ? Does
> system performance affect in terms of speed?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Rachana