"Danny" <me@there.com> wrote in message news:IUpqh.62215$z01.19841@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news
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>> "Danny" <me@there.com> wrote in message
>> news:Jagqh.52157$KT2.48988@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>>> And in fact I'm rather lost for words by it.
>>>
>>> With Outlook Express on XP, the email inbox, like all other folders, was
>>> stored as a single chunk DBX file. It was not accessed when one opened OE
>>> unless they had specifically chosen to do so.
>>>
>>> Put simply, this meant OE opened extremely quickly as it only opened the
>>> shell of the program, and did not retrieve its guts unless the user went
>>> there of their own volition.
>>>
>>> However, moving forward to Windows Mail and I can't quite believe the
>>> backwards steps MS have taken here. Not only have they, in their wisdom,
>>> converted the former DBX into an individual array of each message
>>> individually saved as an eml file, but they have also (apparently) made
>>> Windows Mail access this collection by default on opening the app (I can
>>> see
>>> no option to avoid this), and for those who have thousands of messages,
>>> made
>>> Windows Mail incredibly slow as a result.
>>>
>>> I am really hoping I am missing something massive here, because it seems
>>> astonishing to me that MS felt this was a better and more efficient way
>>> to
>>> manage the email stores and email app than how OE did it.
>>>
>>> Can someone shed light on this?
>>>
>>
>> The DBX storage format was extremely fragile and prone to loss of the
>> entire
>> messages store.
>
> Not for me. I used the same individual DBX files for 8 years without a
> single problem.
>
>> The present storage is much more robust and much less apt
>> to lose messages.
>
> As mentioned, a moot point in my case.
>
>> I find Windows Mail opening just about as quickly as
>> Outlook Express but, as with OE, it's a good idea not to use the Inbox to
>> archive your messages but to move them to other folders as you read them
>> (or
>> use rules to move them as they come in).
>>
>
> Appreciate the reply, but it seems to be formulated from the basis that OE
> was faulty. For me it was not, in any way, shape or form.
I agree. While I have used Outlook for years as my email client, OE has
performed very well for handling newsgroups. I don't see or "feel" any
improvement in WinMail. In fact, it seems very much like a buggy beta.
I have been quite disappointed with the performance of Windows Mail.
IMO, the neglect is intentional. It is an effort to drive users to
Windows Live Mail Desktop or Windows Live Mail, both of which
equal ad revenue for Microsoft.
-Michael