I can, its its certainly worth a shot... I'll report back shortly. Thanks for the idea!
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have the ability to move the mailbox to a different store? I had a > similar situation here that we worked for too long. Moved the mailbox to a > different server and found out that the user had a corrupt appointment in > their Calendar that was killing performance. > TVK > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:28 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Outlook performance issue (very weird) > > Sorry, I forgot to answer your other question: > > The user in questions is a minimalist. Mailbox has a total of ~1100 > items, totaling ~214mb. He only keeps new messages in his Inbox, and > immediately moves anything he has a read to a categorized subfolder > (for which he has ~35). > > Problems with email attachments occur with messages in any folder. > > Thanks for the thoughts! > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Bob Fronk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What is the OST size? Does this occur when not in cached mode? Number >> of items in the mailbox? >> >> I just had a user with 20,000 items in a folder, most with attachments. >> The OST grew to 26GB... yes, you read that right. Outlook choked. >> >> Once I moved that folder out to a PST and closed it, Outlook returned to >> normal. >> >> The symptoms are similar, but not exact to what you describe. >> >> Bob Fronk >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:06 PM >>> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >>> Subject: Outlook performance issue (very weird) >>> >>> Hi folk, >>> >>> Hopefully someone here can shed some light on this, as I'm completely >> befuddled: >>> >>> For months now, I have an issue with one particular user. No matter >>> what computer he sits at, no matter what computer we deploy him, no >>> matter how many times we [re]install Outlook for him: he sporadically >>> has issues opening certain messages. >>> >>> The problem as I observe it, only happens with messages with >>> attachments (file or inline HTML, etc). Monitoring the Outlook Secure >>> Temp Folder allows me to see how slowly it is taking to cache the >>> attachment. Even for a really small logo, the file name gets created >>> instantly, but it takes seconds to complete the file cache - during >>> which Outlook is unresponsive; typically with only a partially-drawn >>> message window. >>> >>> The delay cache and draw the window is exponential to how long it >>> takes to cache the attachments: Multiply the same attachment, and the >>> time it takes to cache/open takes that much longer. >>> >>> Another oddity is that as soon as the message window is closed, the >>> contents of the Outlook Secure Temp Folder are emptied - which is also >>> not typical behavior. >>> >>> I have not had the chance to confirm the OSTF contents, but I have >>> heard word that 2 people this week have had a couple of instances that >>> sound cosmetically similar to the issue described above. Otherwise >>> everyone else has been going along just fine. >>> >>> Any ideas on the problem and or things to check? I am currently >>> generating stats with the ExMon util. TIA! >>> >>> Clients: >>> Windows XP SP3 >>> Outlook 2003 SP3 (11.8217.8202) >>> >>> Server: >>> Windows 2003 SP2 >>> Exchange 2003 SP2 (6.5 - 7623.2) >>> >>> -- >>> ME2 >>> >>> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >>> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > -- ME2 ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
