Windows Mail Slowing down over past 2 days

Howdy all
Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes
appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started since
saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought it
was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
update from MS on saturday but thats it.

"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
> Howdy all
> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes
> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started since
> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought it
> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
> update from MS on saturday but thats it.

The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
no excuse. None.


-Michael

I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't
know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a
whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to group, as
well as going to the inbox...

Yes, it does need a fix.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

--
"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
news:e9XUehidHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
>> Howdy all
>> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
>> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another
>> takes
>> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started
>> since
>> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought
>> it
>> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
>> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
>> update from MS on saturday but thats it.
>
> The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
> the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
> I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
> no excuse. None.
>
>
> -Michael
>
>

Thankfully, I use Outlook for email. I couldn't imagine having
to put up with WinMail for doing both.


-Michael

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:663B3365-513F-4010-803F-D1CA0332F1E6@microsoft.com...
>I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't know what all the
>fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a whole lot of usenet posts, it does go
>very slow. From group to group, as well as going to the inbox...
>
> Yes, it does need a fix.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:e9XUehidHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
>>> Howdy all
>>> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
>>> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another takes
>>> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started since
>>> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought it
>>> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
>>> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
>>> update from MS on saturday but thats it.
>>
>> The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
>> the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
>> I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
>> no excuse. None.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>

I have 9 email accounts, 650 MB in my local folders, and about 6000 messages
in newsgroups (mostly this one) and I find Windows Mail to be slow only
when:
1. Clicking "Mark All as Read" in a newsgroup with many messages (though
Outlook Express was about as slow doing this)
2. Sending a message with a recipient whose address needs to be looked up
in Windows Contacts (Outlook Express was much faster at this).

I saw much worse slowness on a computer on which I did an upgrade install of
Vista, but after doing a clean install it was fine.

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:663B3365-513F-4010-803F-D1CA0332F1E6@microsoft.com...
>I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't
>know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a
>whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to group, as
>well as going to the inbox...
>
> Yes, it does need a fix.

I haven't noticed any slowdown, but that could be due to a setting
I use (under Maintenance) "Delete news messages 8 days
after being downloaded."
Also, I don't let emails pile up in the system folders (Inbox,
Sent Items, Deleted Items).

Gary VanderMolen

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message news:663B3365-513F-4010-803F-D1CA0332F1E6@microsoft.com...
>I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't
> know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a
> whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to group, as
> well as going to the inbox...
>
> Yes, it does need a fix.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:e9XUehidHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
>>> Howdy all
>>> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
>>> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another
>>> takes
>>> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started
>>> since
>>> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought
>>> it
>>> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
>>> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
>>> update from MS on saturday but thats it.
>>
>> The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
>> the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
>> I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
>> no excuse. None.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>

Well,thing is I dont use it for newsgroups at all.I use it only for mail and
I delete all of my mail after I read it,I have 3 or 4 messages all text,saved
in my drafts folder,but the other folders are completely empty. Just going
between 2 messages takes 4 or 5 seconds,it never used to do this ever since I
have had vista I have had no slow down or other trouble with it.



"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> I haven't noticed any slowdown, but that could be due to a setting
> I use (under Maintenance) "Delete news messages 8 days
> after being downloaded."
> Also, I don't let emails pile up in the system folders (Inbox,
> Sent Items, Deleted Items).
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message news:663B3365-513F-4010-803F-D1CA0332F1E6@microsoft.com...
> >I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I didn't
> > know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages and a
> > whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to group, as
> > well as going to the inbox...
> >
> > Yes, it does need a fix.
> >
> > --
> > Dustin Harper
> > dharper@vistarip.com
> > http://www.vistarip.com
> >
> > --
> > "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
> > news:e9XUehidHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
> >>> Howdy all
> >>> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
> >>> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another
> >>> takes
> >>> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started
> >>> since
> >>> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I thought
> >>> it
> >>> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
> >>> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk mail
> >>> update from MS on saturday but thats it.
> >>
> >> The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
> >> the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
> >> I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
> >> no excuse. None.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Michael
> >>
> >>
> >
>

I use Outlook 2007 for 3 other email addresses, which get a lot of SPAM.
Thunderbird has 1 email address, and Windows Mail has 1 plus the newsgroups.

I also use Thunderbird (portable) for newsgroups. Why all three? So I can
learn them and play with them.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

--
"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
news:O5gnR1idHHA.4656@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thankfully, I use Outlook for email. I couldn't imagine having
> to put up with WinMail for doing both.
>
>
> -Michael
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:663B3365-513F-4010-803F-D1CA0332F1E6@microsoft.com...
>>I use Windows Mail for newsgroups and one email account. At first, I
>>didn't know what all the fuss was about. Now, after 1000 incoming messages
>>and a whole lot of usenet posts, it does go very slow. From group to
>>group, as well as going to the inbox...
>>
>> Yes, it does need a fix.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>> --
>> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net> wrote in message
>> news:e9XUehidHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E6D4D5C4-C4E2-4BB2-B6CF-819D4905CC30@microsoft.com...
>>>> Howdy all
>>>> Over the past 2 days Windows Mail on Vista Business for me has become
>>>> extremely slow and pokey.Just to click from one message to read another
>>>> takes
>>>> appx 5 seconds.This never happened to me before and has only started
>>>> since
>>>> saturday or sunday.I never had speed problems before with mail,I
>>>> thought it
>>>> was as fast as xp outlook express mostly. No new software installs for
>>>> me,everything is the same as its been for weeks. I did DL a new junk
>>>> mail
>>>> update from MS on saturday but thats it.
>>>
>>> The more posts you download and the more email you receive,
>>> the more WinMail starts to choke. Windows Mail is absolutely horrible.
>>> I am bewildered why it was ever released in this condition. There's
>>> no excuse. None.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>>
>>>
>>
>

I forgot:
3. Searching for an email seems slow. There is a pause before anything
seems to happen.

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
news:eGmxzBjdHHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I have 9 email accounts, 650 MB in my local folders, and about 6000
>messages in newsgroups (mostly this one) and I find Windows Mail to be slow
>only when:
> 1. Clicking "Mark All as Read" in a newsgroup with many messages (though
> Outlook Express was about as slow doing this)
> 2. Sending a message with a recipient whose address needs to be looked up
> in Windows Contacts (Outlook Express was much faster at this).

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message news:eGmxzBjdHHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 1. Clicking "Mark All as Read" in a newsgroup with many messages (though
> Outlook Express was about as slow doing this)

I do Ctrl-A Ctrl-Q.
Seems pretty fast.
--
Gary VanderMolen