Well, the impact is undeniable. :-) That's the price you pay for having a 112GB mailbox. But if it's a choice between dragging the server to a crawl for a little while (preferably after hours) or not having the mailbox load at all... -- -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q "John Fullbright" <fjohn@donotspamnetappdotcom> wrote in message news:OCEZv#I4IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > The lag is caused by all the IO required to generate the 11 default views. > Theat's one reason MS recommends limiting folders to 5000 or less items. If > you switch to online mode the load of generating the views for the default > folders hits your server, not the client. Now instead of impacting just one > user, you imact all of them. > > > > > "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote in message > news:eKez5gF4IHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > Are you trying to access it with Outlook in cached mode? You might have > > more success switching to Online mode. > > > > -- > > -Ben- > > Ben M. Schorr, MVP > > Roland Schorr & Tower > > http://www.rolandschorr.com > > http://www.officeforlawyers.com > > Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: > > http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q > > > > > > > > "Debbie B." wrote in message > > news:A5C07CE0-FCB1-444F-80C7-711A405000C8@microsoft.com: > > > > >> I have a new client, who hasn't administered mailbox sizes very well. > >> They > >> have a mailbox that is currently 112GB that I'm having trouble opening > >> via > >> Outlook 2003 (This is an Exchange 2003 server). > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> Debbie > > >
