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by nozer

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Is there a limit to the number of Folders that can be created under INBOX in Outlook Express 5.5 to store messages, as I find that Outlook freezes often as the machine has over 1500 folders and each folder having over 25 messages? Can this be the reason for OE 5.5 freezing? Also Word 2000 freezes when an attachment is opened. Is OE 5.5 overloaded?

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by thechas

While strictly speaking, there is not a limit on the number of messages or folders, on a practical basis, you are limited by available memory.

OE opens up the folders and compressed message files when you open the program. At an average message size of 4K, you have 150MB of files that you are asking the system to open for you.

You need to archive a large number of messages, and delete tham from OE.

Increasing your RAM, and having more hard drive space will help. Unless you are running W2K, or XP, you are limited to 511MB of RAM.

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