This sounds like the classic symptom for a corrupted outcmd.dat file, especially if he's running Outlook 2000. Check it and if it's bigger than 50K, quit Outlook, rename it, and restart Outlook. You'll probably find it in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
-Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of East, Bill Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: EX5.5 speed issues Why is it always CxOs? OL2K3? We had the same problem with our CEO. I puzzled and puzzled until my puzzler was sore and then finally ran across this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;823586&spid=2488&sid=global Try it, you have little to lose. -- be - MOS If I am elected no one will ever have to do their laundry again! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Aldrich > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:08 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: EX5.5 speed issues > > My CTO is complaining that email is slow to open. He's in the > same building as the mail server he's on and is connecting at > 100Mbit to the network. The mail server is also connecting to > the LAN at 100MBit. I'm pretty sure it's not his local > machine as, being the CTO, he always gets the best toys. :-) > > Any suggestions on how to locate and resolve the source of > the problem? His specific complaint is that it takes 3-5 > seconds to open an email. > > More, possibly irrelevant info: his network account is in a > separate NT4 domain, but he authenticates to the "primary" > domain for his email, and of course, once he authenticates > one time, he does not need to manually re-authenticate unless > he closes his Outlook. > > I'm not positive, but I'm guessing that he's running Outlook > 2000, possibly Outlook 2003 on Windows 2000 Pro. > Thanks > John > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. Please be advised that, if this communication includes federal tax advice, it cannot be used for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties unless you have expressly engaged us to provide written advice in a form that satisfies IRS standards for "covered opinions" or we have informed you that those standards do not apply to this communication. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
