OE 6.0 very, very slow to download e-mails from server

[libits]

I’m running W2K, IE 6.0. I access e-mail through MS exchange server using authentication. All was fine for over a year but this week it’s taking over an hour to download 2 or 3 emails after the initial logon. After that, all e-mail downloads are normal until the next morning when I logon again. I have deleted the e-mail profile/settings and re-created (using the same name) with no change. Both my ISP and network admin swear nothing’s changed. (I wasn’t expecting any confessions.) I did install IE SP1 this week but I can’t remember if it was before or after this problem but very close to it. I access this same e-mail account from home but going directly to the ISP and all is fine.

 

[jmatt]

Repair IE6

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318378

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/442/

 

[libits]

Thanks for the links but the first one points me to MS's site on how to repair IE and OE in *Windows XP*. I'm running Windows 2000. Will the information on XP still apply to Windows 2000? Thanks.

 

[jmatt]

Use this one .

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml

 

[sandwedger]

I'm having similar problems ... started Thursday, Jan 24 .... is it possible that the "Slammer" virus was loose before Saturday, and this might be a symptom?

 

[jmatt]

I think slammer has been round about 10 days , that's when I first had problems .

My email has been OK all along .

Use Mozilla .

 

[libits]

I doubt of this is slammer. I am authenticating through an exchange server through a corporate email environment. We run virus protection.

I guess I should have mentioned--around this same time, I ran SpyBot spyware and it may be possible it deleted some files. But something is still telling me is the IE SP1.