PA
Fri Mar 28 17:12:59 PDT 2008
> This is my third attempt to post this question. I check the email notify
> and
> I try to check the newsgroup but I get no replies and can't see my
> previous
> questions...
Maybe that's because you posted in microsoft.public.office.misc newsgroup
instead of this one or OE General:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.misc/browse_frm/thread/c315d8ba6af1e903
Tip: Access the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
> ...I hesitate to use "Find" to search my email
> anymore, because if I have to search message content the search completely
> takes over my PC and I can do nothing, including terminate the search,
> even
> with Task Manager.
1. Delete Temporary Internet Files, accepting the option to delete all
offline content.
2. Run Disk Cleanup.
3a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted
Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving
(saving) such messages.
3b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE
folders, too.
4. Compact all OE folders
(
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact).
5. Now see if OE Find/Search behaves the same way.
> ...I'm begining to think it's Microsoft because there is no money in
> this kind of efficiency or convenience.
No, your OE housekeeping needs improvement. To avoid such problems in the
future:
- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.
- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.
- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:
<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
> They should subcontract all search functionality to Google.
Have you tried using Google Desktop to search for OE messages???
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Elind wrote:
> This is my third attempt to post this question. I check the email notify
> and
> I try to check the newsgroup but I get no replies and can't see my
> previous
> questions, and the list of categories must be hundreds of different
> products
> and categories, in an apprently random sequence making it pure luck,
> almost,
> to find the Outlook Express section. What is wrong with Microsoft techs?
>
> Coming back to the question, I hesitate to use "Find" to search my email
> anymore, because if I have to search message content the search completely
> takes over my PC and I can do nothing, including terminate the search,
> even
> with Task Manager.
>
> This seems so primitive that even now I think there is something I have
> done, but I'm begining to think it's Microsoft because there is no money
> in
> this kind of efficiency or convenience.
>
> They should subcontract all search functionality to Google.
>
> Seriously, does anyone have a suggestion?