Comments on: Improve Outlook 2007 IMAP Performance

By: Mario Yiannakou

Mario Yiannakou — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:18:09 +0000

I am having issues with Outlook 2007, where I only get emails if I click out and then back into the Inbox. I have tried disabling everything in Add-ins but still no joy – any suggestions please??

Thanks
M

By: RoamingChile

RoamingChile — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:26:39 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I’m excited about Xobni.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:19:26 +0000

Derek,

Not sure which bit works but it seems to have done the trick for my GMAil IMAP account constantly freezing Outlook 2007 especially on startup.

Thanks very much for your post.

Nick

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:57:57 +0000

any suggestions? I keep geeting a message on Outlook, 2007, IMAP server wants to alert mail is not available. I click it, I get mail, but the alert flashes every time I load outlook. Someone says, IMAP file is bad? I removed Outlook, reloaded, same problem. HELP

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:57:13 +0000

Brilliant, made a huge difference just chnaging the download header reference.

Thank you

By: Joakim Byström

Joakim Byström — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:50:38 +0000

Thank you! I have not been able to find those two panels in Outlook. Also installed Xobni.

Best regards,
joakim

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:21 +0000

I want to add my thanks for this post, Derek. I found it after I asking myself these questions: Why is Outlook so slow? Answer: Windows Search, startup features, and plugins all running at once. Perhaps unarchived items. What alternatives are there to the Windows Search Indexer for Outlook? A: Unsure. Can I keep Outlook and make it run more efficiently? A: Hmm…

Well, you provided just the solution I was trying to put my finger on. Looking forward to disabling these plugins (dare I disable my Skype plugin too?) and trying Xobni. Thank you.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:46:45 +0000

This looks great… but for some reason, it still doesn’t download the message. Each message still only downloads the header. I have to “Mark to Download Message…” to actually download them.

Any suggestion where to look?

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:56:18 +0000

Thanks – worked brilliantly!

By: Derek Hatchard

Derek Hatchard — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:03:14 +0000

@Steve, click the Go button at the bottom of the Trust Center screen (after you’ve selected Add-Ins).

If you’re running Vista, you might have to do this twice, once with normal permissions and once by running Outlook as Administrator (right-click on the Outlook shortcut and select Run As Administrator).

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:26:53 +0000

How do you “disable” add-ins?

By: shawn

shawn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:23:34 +0000

Thanks. In all my years I’ve never been there before! I believe this alone made big issues with having a full local sync with two of my biggest folders.

By: Derek Hatchard

Derek Hatchard — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:40:54 +0000

@shawn, it’s Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive Groups. Then click the Edit button.

By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:33:40 +0000

Where is the account options you reference in the screenshot. that’s a new for me! drop me a line at carboncow@gmail.com

By: Derek Hatchard

Derek Hatchard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:10:42 +0000

@Steve Lipka,

Did you disable the Windows Search Email Indexer add-in? That seems to be the one that kills Outlook IMAP performance for me.

I also sometimes have trouble using Gmail IMAP regardless of my add-in configuration.

By: Steve Lipka

Steve Lipka — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:55:10 +0000

I disabled all add-ins to see how good Outlook can get, and it still isn’t very good. I’m connected to IMAP, have 190K+ of email (not much compared to some other mail readers I’ve used), and it still takes quite some time to load (just the headers!).

I’d appreciate any other suggestions….

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:17:50 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I REALLY wasn’t happy with outlook 2007′s speed…tried everything else, but none gave me the contact control i wanted like outlook. Your tips on disabling the add-ins (which id never have used anyway) worked a charm! Since i dont use Xobni, my outlook is MUCH faster to load…MANY THANKS!!