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Problems with deleting on Outlook Express
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Of course not Joe, my old XP. When I try the "shift" thing to mass delete a bunch of junk it just locks up after moving about 4 to the deleted items folder. I'm running I-Map so Jani can share the same e-mail on her computer. so i have to purge items from the iinbox after they are moved but it hasn't been a problem till now...
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That's because you still use an email program developed in the 1980s...try importing your account to live.com or some other webmail site.
(That's what you call Outlook webmail)
I don't recommend Yahoo for anything but a spam bucket and safety net when you register for sites and certainly not any Lycos sites.
I'm not being a smartaleck, my ISP gave me an ultimatum 5 years ago and I moved to Hotmail, which was ended and became Windows Live Mail along the way (live.com). I looked at Mozilla-based browsers once and wasn't thrilled with how AOHell had neutered Netscape and so that is the route I took with IE back then.
Web, WHY haven't you gotten Lee into at least Windows 7 yet? IE 11 has it's phun moments but it's probably like Vista, only working and by god I like 7.
(That's what you call Outlook webmail)
I don't recommend Yahoo for anything but a spam bucket and safety net when you register for sites and certainly not any Lycos sites.
I'm not being a smartaleck, my ISP gave me an ultimatum 5 years ago and I moved to Hotmail, which was ended and became Windows Live Mail along the way (live.com). I looked at Mozilla-based browsers once and wasn't thrilled with how AOHell had neutered Netscape and so that is the route I took with IE back then.
Web, WHY haven't you gotten Lee into at least Windows 7 yet? IE 11 has it's phun moments but it's probably like Vista, only working and by god I like 7.
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Hi Lee,
I have dumped Outlook products due to erratic behavior when dealing with large files. I am currently using the free Firefox program and have used it for a number of years. My E mail get a lot due to the business. My E mail profile usually is about 20 GB. Let's see Outlook handle that.
Firefox will import mail from these programs.
If you have that much unread mail is it junk- then you might as well define it as jnk and it can be set to delete itself after a defined time.
I have used FF on the Win 7 computer now and the many XP computers in background. I have at least 6 computers set up at home with business files on all of them.
Another nice item with FF is that if you set up a computer that is new and want to get all your E mail over to that computer, you just copy the profile to the right directory and edit the ini file to point to that profile name. Then next time you start it the mail is all there. Using 31.4 right now.
There is a way to synchronize two computer too although I have not done a lot with that.
I think you should set it up and give it a try. Once the profile is created with the server settings
the copied over profile has all that so it just works with any of many different computers.
I have used Web mail from many different sources and it is always lame. Web mail is the favorite of those that don't know computer too well. It lacks a lot of features and is difficult to use. Always convoluted steps to do a simple task.
I have dumped Outlook products due to erratic behavior when dealing with large files. I am currently using the free Firefox program and have used it for a number of years. My E mail get a lot due to the business. My E mail profile usually is about 20 GB. Let's see Outlook handle that.
Firefox will import mail from these programs.
If you have that much unread mail is it junk- then you might as well define it as jnk and it can be set to delete itself after a defined time.
I have used FF on the Win 7 computer now and the many XP computers in background. I have at least 6 computers set up at home with business files on all of them.
Another nice item with FF is that if you set up a computer that is new and want to get all your E mail over to that computer, you just copy the profile to the right directory and edit the ini file to point to that profile name. Then next time you start it the mail is all there. Using 31.4 right now.
There is a way to synchronize two computer too although I have not done a lot with that.
I think you should set it up and give it a try. Once the profile is created with the server settings
the copied over profile has all that so it just works with any of many different computers.
I have used Web mail from many different sources and it is always lame. Web mail is the favorite of those that don't know computer too well. It lacks a lot of features and is difficult to use. Always convoluted steps to do a simple task.
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You have to make the migration, though painful Lee. Every one hates data migration, it is a PIA.
You are running into a database size limitation of Outlook Express, it chokes when the DB reaches a certain size. Seems you are there.
I migrated to Outlook a long time ago because they made it industrial strength over the years and does not have those DB limitations (anymore). That plus your old hardware cannot keep up anymore with even XP.
I have a backup PC that still runs XP but it is dog slow for the same reason as yours is, the software has choked it to death.
You are running into a database size limitation of Outlook Express, it chokes when the DB reaches a certain size. Seems you are there.
I migrated to Outlook a long time ago because they made it industrial strength over the years and does not have those DB limitations (anymore). That plus your old hardware cannot keep up anymore with even XP.
I have a backup PC that still runs XP but it is dog slow for the same reason as yours is, the software has choked it to death.
Reboot the computer and after the bios screens flash by tap the F8 key and a menu will pop up allowing you to boot into the safe mode. You computer i nthe sae mode will skip loading your start up configuration and a ton of device drivers. Hopefully in the minimal mode you will be able to delete the emails you want to get rid of.
When you are done you will simply need to reboot back to the normal start up.
When you are done you will simply need to reboot back to the normal start up.
I have to differ with the comment on XP. Up until a few months ago I had A64Net1 working on XP and it still does fine with just a simple AMP64 single processor CPU. There are a lot of reasons for slowness and many come from things you can resolve. Things like Fragmented drives, Lack of memory and then there are the ever crash causing capacitors on the motherboards.
My Wifes computer started shutting off after a short time. I built it so I know what was in the unit- it is a AMD Dual core 5000. Looking at the power supply I found a puffed cap and then on the motherboard another. After changing them out no problems. The change is not easy but if you don't want to spring for another MB and new memory and processor package, it is better repaired.
I have had many XP on different model work perfectly fine and so there is no reason that OS can not do the job well. The software I use now for maintenance is Glary Utilities. it does a wonderful job.
My Wifes computer started shutting off after a short time. I built it so I know what was in the unit- it is a AMD Dual core 5000. Looking at the power supply I found a puffed cap and then on the motherboard another. After changing them out no problems. The change is not easy but if you don't want to spring for another MB and new memory and processor package, it is better repaired.
I have had many XP on different model work perfectly fine and so there is no reason that OS can not do the job well. The software I use now for maintenance is Glary Utilities. it does a wonderful job.