Hello, List -- On 01/24/08 3:58 AM (local time), Mike Dano (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I just got a brand new Mac Pro and it's blistering fast. It's hard to > believe that I am still waiting for Entourage to check my POP accounts > before I can use it. > > I have about twenty POP accounts that I check every 15 minutes. Way back > when I was using Mac OS9 (maybe five years ago) Entourage would check all of > my pop accounts WITHOUT momentarily freezing my Entourage interface. Ever > since switching to OS X I have had to live with this annoying delay every > time I check my mail. If I am in the middle of typing a sentence and my mail > gets checked it freezes my keyboard entry for a few seconds. As a result, I > had to change my workflow (checking my mail every 15 minutes instead of > every 5 minutes) just so I could get my work done. I haven't upgraded yet, but it's hard to believe that this problem still exists in Office 2008. As I recall, it first appeared, and was discussed at length on this list, when Office 2004 came out. The previous solution (which I still use), is to split up your accounts into smaller groups and stagger the download times. For example, I have 15 accounts separated into 3 groups of 5 accounts -- one checks for mail every 5 min., one checks every 7 min., and one checks every 9 min., and that solves the hang/lag problem for me. If that doesn't work for you, then your problem may lie elsewhere. Cheers, George A -- 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/>
