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Emails loaded to RAM

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by pianom79 Feb 25, 2004 last reply Feb 25, 2004

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I was wondering if emails are loaded to RAM when opened? Would too many emails in Microsoft Outlook load down RAM?

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Yes.

When you open a Outlook or Outlook Express they open and expand the compressed file where your mail files are stored.

Not all of the messages are in active RAM. Some are held in virtual memory.

Either way, having a large number of mail messages will use up RAM.

You can verify this by running a system monitor tool and checking available resources before and after opening Outlook.

IMHO, you don't want to store more than 500 messages in Outlook.

You can export, backup, or individually save old messages to free up space.

Chas

Thank-you very much for explaining it to me.

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