Vista - Compact my Vista Mail folders?

How can I compact my Vista Mail folders? Will that make Vista Mail a little
faster? It really sucks as it is now. My folders are very large. TIA,
Paul

Hi Paul,

You might store the extra messages in a separate user folder with the Import and Export feature in Windows Mail. This will free up the folders and help speed up Windows Mail. Take a look here for other solutions for a slow Windows Mail.

Windows Mail Slow

Windows Mail should ask you to compact the messages automatically every 100 runs. You can adjust this to be done more often if you like.
1. Click Tools. (In Windows Mail)
2. Click Options.
3. Click Advanced tab.
4. Click Maintenance button.
5. Adjust the count.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

NEVER use the STANDARD folders for storing mail (inbox, , etc....)
create personal folders and move the mail you want to save to them.
then you can change the number of times WM closes before it compacts to ONE and close WM ., it will then compact.
DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING TILL IT IS DONE.
then change the count number back to something reasonable .




mikeyhsd@comcast.net



"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message news:1B71264B-BFCC-4267-82B7-8E3BB0F03A96@microsoft.com...
How can I compact my Vista Mail folders? Will that make Vista Mail a little
faster? It really sucks as it is now. My folders are very large. TIA,
Paul

Thanks, Brink and Mikey. I have now compacted my folders. It helped. I
have folders within folders. I use rules to route some emails directly into
various folders. Some of my historical folders are very large. This was
not a problem with XP Pro's OE6. I use my email as my filing system. I
sometimes do searches to find issues I dealt with 5 or more years ago.

Also, I have over seven hundred email contacts, so I wait quite a while
before any new or replay or forward, etc. email window is available to be
used. I can go thru them, but it will be drudgery. I cannot save some
obscure ones in another place, then access them when I want them? And if I
received an email from one of them, and replied, I'd get a duplicate in my
active list of contacts. Again, OE6 didn't penalize me for this.

I want OE6 back! Microsoft maybe fixed another thing that wasn't broke!

============================

"mikeyhsd" <mikeyhsd@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OdnVPyM4HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
NEVER use the STANDARD folders for storing mail (inbox, , etc....)
create personal folders and move the mail you want to save to them.
then you can change the number of times WM closes before it compacts to ONE
and close WM ., it will then compact.
DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING TILL IT IS DONE.
then change the count number back to something reasonable .

mikeyhsd@comcast.net

============================

"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
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How can I compact my Vista Mail folders? Will that make Vista Mail a little
faster? It really sucks as it is now. My folders are very large. TIA,
Paul

Paul,

You may consider switching to Window Live Mail (WLM). It is better and not buggy like Windows Mail (WM). Everything from WM should be integrated automatically during installation of WLM. You might give it a try. If you do not like it, you can always uninstall WLM and use WM as you have left it. Plus, WLM supports website email as well.

Windows Live Mail Beta

Shawn

Looks good. What is this "Windows Live" group of utilities? I never heard
of them before. Can I trust them?

Can I import my existing contacts and message folders into it?

I think I'll try it on one of my old but up-to-date XP Pro laptops.

Thank you much for this info. Paul

"brink" <brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net...

Paul H;423957 Wrote:
> Thanks, Brink and Mikey. I have now compacted my folders. It helped. I
> have folders within folders. I use rules to route some emails directly
> into
> various folders. Some of my historical folders are very large. This was
> not a problem with XP Pro's OE6. I use my email as my filing system. I
> sometimes do searches to find issues I dealt with 5 or more years ago.
>
> Also, I have over seven hundred email contacts, so I wait quite a while
> before any new or replay or forward, etc. email window is available to
> be
> used. I can go thru them, but it will be drudgery. I cannot save some
> obscure ones in another place, then access them when I want them? And
> if I
> received an email from one of them, and replied, I'd get a duplicate in
> my
> active list of contacts. Again, OE6 didn't penalize me for this.
>
> I want OE6 back! Microsoft maybe fixed another thing that wasn't broke!
>
>

Paul,

You may consider switching to Window Live Mail (WLM). It is better and
not buggy like Windows Mail (WM). Everything from WM should be
integrated automatically during installation of WLM. You might give it
a try. If you do not like it, you can always uninstall WLM and use WM
as you have left it. Plus, WLM supports website email as well.

'Windows Live Mail Beta' (http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas)

Shawn


--
brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
_http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Your reference to "Windows Live group of utilities" is a bit puzzling
since the URL given below should show only Windows Live Mail,
not the other Windows Live utilities. Some non-US/UK residents
have reported being redirected to the general Live page, since MS
seems to have some download restrictions for the WLM beta.

Yes, WLM will import folders, accounts, settings and saved emails
from WM/OE automatically. For Contacts you may need to use the
import function manually. I haven't tried WLM on XP, but it works
fine on my Vista computers.

Gary VanderMolen


"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message news:1386FAFB-476F-4247-853E-E9BB232943DE@microsoft.com...
>
> Looks good. What is this "Windows Live" group of utilities? I never heard
> of them before. Can I trust them?
>
> Can I import my existing contacts and message folders into it?
>
> I think I'll try it on one of my old but up-to-date XP Pro laptops.
>
> Thank you much for this info. Paul
>
> "brink" <brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> Paul H;423957 Wrote:
>> Thanks, Brink and Mikey. I have now compacted my folders. It helped. I
>> have folders within folders. I use rules to route some emails directly
>> into
>> various folders. Some of my historical folders are very large. This was
>> not a problem with XP Pro's OE6. I use my email as my filing system. I
>> sometimes do searches to find issues I dealt with 5 or more years ago.
>>
>> Also, I have over seven hundred email contacts, so I wait quite a while
>> before any new or replay or forward, etc. email window is available to
>> be
>> used. I can go thru them, but it will be drudgery. I cannot save some
>> obscure ones in another place, then access them when I want them? And
>> if I
>> received an email from one of them, and replied, I'd get a duplicate in
>> my
>> active list of contacts. Again, OE6 didn't penalize me for this.
>>
>> I want OE6 back! Microsoft maybe fixed another thing that wasn't broke!
>>
>>
>
> Paul,
>
> You may consider switching to Window Live Mail (WLM). It is better and
> not buggy like Windows Mail (WM). Everything from WM should be
> integrated automatically during installation of WLM. You might give it
> a try. If you do not like it, you can always uninstall WLM and use WM
> as you have left it. Plus, WLM supports website email as well.
>
> 'Windows Live Mail Beta' (http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas)
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Paul,

If your do live outside the US, then like Gary said, you may be redirected to a something other than the download area for WLM. Here is the direct download link for WLM. It will bring up a download box for WLM when you click on it.

For non-US and non-UK locations direct download link:

http://g.live.com/1rebeta/WLM_en-us

Shawn

When Googling for Windows Live Mail, I came across similar pages that showed
all these utilities. Click http://get.live.com/betas/home

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:ODRrFhc4HHA.2108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Your reference to "Windows Live group of utilities" is a bit puzzling
since the URL given below should show only Windows Live Mail,
not the other Windows Live utilities. Some non-US/UK residents
have reported being redirected to the general Live page, since MS
seems to have some download restrictions for the WLM beta.

Yes, WLM will import folders, accounts, settings and saved emails
from WM/OE automatically. For Contacts you may need to use the
import function manually. I haven't tried WLM on XP, but it works
fine on my Vista computers.

Gary VanderMolen


"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
news:1386FAFB-476F-4247-853E-E9BB232943DE@microsoft.com...
>
> Looks good. What is this "Windows Live" group of utilities? I never
> heard
> of them before. Can I trust them?
>
> Can I import my existing contacts and message folders into it?
>
> I think I'll try it on one of my old but up-to-date XP Pro laptops.
>
> Thank you much for this info. Paul
>
> "brink" <brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> Paul H;423957 Wrote:
>> Thanks, Brink and Mikey. I have now compacted my folders. It helped. I
>> have folders within folders. I use rules to route some emails directly
>> into
>> various folders. Some of my historical folders are very large. This was
>> not a problem with XP Pro's OE6. I use my email as my filing system. I
>> sometimes do searches to find issues I dealt with 5 or more years ago.
>>
>> Also, I have over seven hundred email contacts, so I wait quite a while
>> before any new or replay or forward, etc. email window is available to
>> be
>> used. I can go thru them, but it will be drudgery. I cannot save some
>> obscure ones in another place, then access them when I want them? And
>> if I
>> received an email from one of them, and replied, I'd get a duplicate in
>> my
>> active list of contacts. Again, OE6 didn't penalize me for this.
>>
>> I want OE6 back! Microsoft maybe fixed another thing that wasn't broke!
>>
>>
>
> Paul,
>
> You may consider switching to Window Live Mail (WLM). It is better and
> not buggy like Windows Mail (WM). Everything from WM should be
> integrated automatically during installation of WLM. You might give it
> a try. If you do not like it, you can always uninstall WLM and use WM
> as you have left it. Plus, WLM supports website email as well.
>
> 'Windows Live Mail Beta' (http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas)
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

OK, I just wanted to make sure you didn't get redirected from the
WLM download page.

Gary VanderMolen

"Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message news:01ADFD09-FD06-472E-AA2D-8DE7521EA3F8@microsoft.com...
>
> When Googling for Windows Live Mail, I came across similar pages that showed
> all these utilities. Click http://get.live.com/betas/home
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ODRrFhc4HHA.2108@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Your reference to "Windows Live group of utilities" is a bit puzzling
> since the URL given below should show only Windows Live Mail,
> not the other Windows Live utilities. Some non-US/UK residents
> have reported being redirected to the general Live page, since MS
> seems to have some download restrictions for the WLM beta.
>
> Yes, WLM will import folders, accounts, settings and saved emails
> from WM/OE automatically. For Contacts you may need to use the
> import function manually. I haven't tried WLM on XP, but it works
> fine on my Vista computers.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message
> news:1386FAFB-476F-4247-853E-E9BB232943DE@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Looks good. What is this "Windows Live" group of utilities? I never
>> heard
>> of them before. Can I trust them?
>>
>> Can I import my existing contacts and message folders into it?
>>
>> I think I'll try it on one of my old but up-to-date XP Pro laptops.
>>
>> Thank you much for this info. Paul
>>
>> "brink" <brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
>> news:brink.2vh7aa@no-mx.forums.net...
>>
>> Paul H;423957 Wrote:
>>> Thanks, Brink and Mikey. I have now compacted my folders. It helped. I
>>> have folders within folders. I use rules to route some emails directly
>>> into
>>> various folders. Some of my historical folders are very large. This was
>>> not a problem with XP Pro's OE6. I use my email as my filing system. I
>>> sometimes do searches to find issues I dealt with 5 or more years ago.
>>>
>>> Also, I have over seven hundred email contacts, so I wait quite a while
>>> before any new or replay or forward, etc. email window is available to
>>> be
>>> used. I can go thru them, but it will be drudgery. I cannot save some
>>> obscure ones in another place, then access them when I want them? And
>>> if I
>>> received an email from one of them, and replied, I'd get a duplicate in
>>> my
>>> active list of contacts. Again, OE6 didn't penalize me for this.
>>>
>>> I want OE6 back! Microsoft maybe fixed another thing that wasn't broke!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> You may consider switching to Window Live Mail (WLM). It is better and
>> not buggy like Windows Mail (WM). Everything from WM should be
>> integrated automatically during installation of WLM. You might give it
>> a try. If you do not like it, you can always uninstall WLM and use WM
>> as you have left it. Plus, WLM supports website email as well.
>>
>> 'Windows Live Mail Beta' (http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas)
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> brink
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
>> _http://www.Vistax64.com (\"http://www.Vistax64.com\")_
>> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>>
>