Delay between Send and Outbox

[Fred Jacobowitz]

I am running Outlook 2003 SP2 latest updates. After composing a letter and
clicking on SEND it takes literally 4-5 seconds for the letter to go to the
Outbox (independent of the size of the letter). During that time my screen
freezes. I have compacted the file. Other accounts work fine. My file is
73,425 KB. Is that relatively large and would that account for the delay?
Should I make a new account and save what I need using export and import
functions?

Thanks,
Fred Jacobowitz

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

That's not that big. What kind of machine are you running this on? How
much RAM? How much free diskspace? What anti-virus software are you using?

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

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[Fred Jacobowitz]

Pentium III Processor 500 MHz,
640 MB of Ram,
Symantec AntiVirus Full Version 9.0.3.1
I have disabled Internet Email Autoprotect to no avail. Available memory
when running Outlook alone approx 300000 KB.

Fred J.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Well, that's not a super powerful machine but has Outlook always been this
slow? Do you have any attachments on these messages? Are they in HTML
format or Plain Text or ?

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[Fred Jacobowitz]

I found the culprit. I had a WinZip add-on. When I removed it the delay
disappeared.