Speeding Up a Sluggish Ms Outlook Email Client

The Outlook email client despite its

reputation as the best desktop client in vogue draws a lot of criticism from a section of its users. The primary complains about the application stems from the fact that many users are simply not satisfied with its response rate. You may feel peeved about the fact that a simple search may take an inordinate time to complete while typical tasks like clicking on Forward message button can hang it up for sometime if the contents are in HTML. In this article we would look at ways to speed up the Outlook client and thus improve the overall user experience.

Check the Size of your Inbox and the underlying PST file

Most professional Outlook users often end up getting a huge volume of emails. Since much of the emails are related to work, they rarely delete or transfer the emails to another location. Over a period of time the Inbox ends up containing thousands of emails and many of these also include heavy attachments. Given this scenario a simple general search too can take a lot of time to complete. Thus it is critical you check the size of the Inbox and use the Auto Archive feature to trim your mailbox. You can incidentally separate the emails by their date or type into different folders so that the mail inbox lightens up.

Remove Unwanted Add-ons and RSS Feed editor

If you have Add-ons installed in Outlook that are not really necessary for your work, it would be prudent to uninstall them. Specific add-ons like the Windows fax service has a reputation of slowing down the Outlook client. At times RSS Feed editor too can slow down the application. Now if you do not use Outlook to read news updates or check out Usenet groups then you should deactivate the RSS feed editor.

Give a through look at all the components including the ones placed by Microsoft programs and popular software such as iTunes.

Remove Deleted Emails and Clean Up Spam

Go to the Deleted Email folder and remove all emails that you do not want anymore. Similarly use Rules to remove spam and keep the mailbox light.

Keeping a contingency plan in place for Outlook crashes

At times when the Outlook application becomes increasingly slow, it may point to an Outlook crash in near future. Thus it is always a good idea to remain prepared for Outlook crashes and keep a contingency plan for securing your data. The easiest way to ensure the availability of your data involves the use of a pst repair tool. In case you have a powerful application such DataNumen Outlook Repair readily available you can easily get back the emails from a crashed Outlook application. This proficient tool can recover even the most thoroughly damaged PST files with minimum effort and can also discover their location. Last but not the least the application can also bring back any emails that you have inadvertently deleted.

Author Introduction:

Alan Chen is President & Chairman of DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including sql recovery and outlook repair software products. For more information visit http://www.datanumen.com/