On 12/26/03 8:00 PM, Entourage:mac Talk wrote: > On or near 12/21/03 7:37 PM, VIA MEDIA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > >> I recently had to re-install everything on my laptop (PBG4, OS 9.2.2) and it >> all seems to be working well except for this odd new quirk in Entourage. >> Whenever I initiate a new email, my entire system locks up for twenty-one >> seconds. This also occurs when I try to add a recipient to an open/pending >> email by clicking on the To: / CC: area. Twenty-one seconds. This phenomenon >> does not happen when I reply to an existing email. >> >> I�ve been guessing it has something to do with Entourage accessing my >> Contacts database (about 2,500 entries) but there is no delay when I use the >> Command-2 shortcut to browse my contacts, no delay in scrolling or sorting, >> no delay in double-clicking a selected item. >> >> I have rebuilt the database using both options available on the >> Option-Launch menu. I have also downloaded and installed the Office 2001 >> Combo Update 9.0.4 and restarted the machine. No changes. >> >> Any suggestions? Twenty-one seconds doesn�t sound like much...until you are >> waiting for them to pass. Help! >> > Let me throw in another suggestion beside those suggested by Diane and Beth. > When you open a new message, in the To field, or to its right, do you have > the Address Book displayed? If so, try clicking the little Address Book icon > in the message window toolbar to close the address book. Then, close or > delete that new message window, and try opening another. Do you still get > the delay? > > If you don't have the Address Book open in the new message window in the > first place, forget it; I'm barking up the wrong tree.
Greetings, All! I hope you all were able to enjoy the holidays in the way you wished! Have been away from email for a few days and now catching up. Allen, you seem to have barked up exactly the right tree! By closing that window, I am back to generating new email on demand (no delays when clicking the NEW email button or when entering email addresses). Wonderful! Thank you! Out of curiosity (and group knowledge base building) was the delay a result of Entourage having to build a mini-menu of email addresses within the new email window? Further, was the delay so noticeable because of the size of my DB (2,500+ entries)? And is 2,500+ an overly large Entourage DB by general standards? Again, many thanks to all who responded for the solutions! Robert =====================================> VIA MEDIA PO Box 14804 San Francisco, CA 94114-0804 Creative consulting for creative endeavors! =====================================> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
