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**Brink** · 01-03-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by John Burnie

Thanks Gary.
I have been to that speed fix page before (it has a high ranking in Google):-
1) Turning off my anti virus (Bulldog, Vista compatible) e-mail scanning
made no difference.
2) I have no "restricted sites" in IE.
3) I have 1,000 contact files and a minimum 15 second delay. I expected a
computer to be able to do more than 1,000 things in less time than 15
seconds! The proposed workaround of putting individual Contacts files in a
different location so that Windows Mail can't find them, then going to the
different location to find and use them is not really convenient.
4) I have a lot of messages, but exported most of them to archive folders
using ABC Amber Windows Mail Converter. I did not use Windows Mail "Export"
as this seemed to export the entire mailbox only. This made no noticeable
difference.
So I have not made a lot of useful progress.
Are there any other tips to make Windows Mail usable?
--
John Burnie

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Quote:

> Try the fix for slowness:
> Windows Mail Slow
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> --
> Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM)
>
>
> "John Burnie" <john.burnie@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0234157A-57CB-42D1-8578-F9FD195C7D8D@xxxxxx
>
>
>

Hi John,

You could use the free Windows Live Mail (WLM) instead. It supports Pop3, IMAP, HTTP website (EX: Hotmail) email, and is a lot more stable. Plus, WLM will minimize to a tray bar icon and has a separate Inbox for each email account. WLM will automatically import Windows Mail messages, accounts, and settings into it. Contacts will have to be manually imported from within WLM. (Tools, Contacts, File, Import, Address book for current Windows User.) To see the Menu bar, press ALT+M and check "Show all menus".

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Shawn

01-03-2008	#4 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,052 posts	Re: Windows Mail slow... Quote: Originally Posted by John Burnie Thanks Gary. I have been to that speed fix page before (it has a high ranking in Google):- 1) Turning off my anti virus (Bulldog, Vista compatible) e-mail scanning made no difference. 2) I have no "restricted sites" in IE. 3) I have 1,000 contact files and a minimum 15 second delay. I expected a computer to be able to do more than 1,000 things in less time than 15 seconds! The proposed workaround of putting individual Contacts files in a different location so that Windows Mail can't find them, then going to the different location to find and use them is not really convenient. 4) I have a lot of messages, but exported most of them to archive folders using ABC Amber Windows Mail Converter. I did not use Windows Mail "Export" as this seemed to export the entire mailbox only. This made no noticeable difference. So I have not made a lot of useful progress. Are there any other tips to make Windows Mail usable? -- John Burnie "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: Quote: > Try the fix for slowness: > Windows Mail Slow > > -- > Gary VanderMolen (MS-MVP WLM) > > > "John Burnie" <john.burnie@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0234157A-57CB-42D1-8578-F9FD195C7D8D@xxxxxx > > > Hi John, You could use the free Windows Live Mail (WLM) instead. It supports Pop3, IMAP, HTTP website (EX: Hotmail) email, and is a lot more stable. Plus, WLM will minimize to a tray bar icon and has a separate Inbox for each email account. WLM will automatically import Windows Mail messages, accounts, and settings into it. Contacts will have to be manually imported from within WLM. (Tools, Contacts, File, Import, Address book for current Windows User.) To see the Menu bar, press ALT+M and check "Show all menus". Windows Live Suite Downloads Shawn
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