Long Mailbox Load

Austin Henderson · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

I have a mailbox configured as my MTA Journal... at any given time this
mailbox has 150K + journaled messages in it. The issue is that the client
takes a very long time to open the mailbox.. I understand this is a lot of
messages but the load time seems to vary from day to day and the size is
almost constant... can anyone offer advice on why this may be.

Thank you

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Rich Matheisen [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 797

"Austin Henderson" wrote:

>I have a mailbox configured as my MTA Journal... at any given time this
>mailbox has 150K + journaled messages in it. The issue is that the client
>takes a very long time to open the mailbox.. I understand this is a lot of
>messages but the load time seems to vary from day to day and the size is
>almost constant... can anyone offer advice on why this may be.

It probably has to do with the amount of work being done on the
server. The views might be getting updted and that requires a fair
amount of sorting.

--
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Austin Henderson · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

Any way to view this information quickly?

Perhaps use MAPI?

"Rich Matheisen [MVP]" wrote in message@4ax.com...
> "Austin Henderson" wrote:
>
> >I have a mailbox configured as my MTA Journal... at any given time this
> >mailbox has 150K + journaled messages in it. The issue is that the
client
> >takes a very long time to open the mailbox.. I understand this is a lot
of
> >messages but the load time seems to vary from day to day and the size is
> >almost constant... can anyone offer advice on why this may be.
>
> It probably has to do with the amount of work being done on the
> server. The views might be getting updted and that requires a fair
> amount of sorting.
>
> --
> Rich Matheisen
> MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
> MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Rich Matheisen [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 797

"Austin Henderson" wrote:

>Any way to view this information quickly?
>
>Perhaps use MAPI?

Outlook already uses MAPI/RPC. What sort of client software are you
using now?

Using rules to put messages in different folders would speed the
opeing of the mailbox. Fewer mesages in a folder means faster
processing.

--
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Austin Henderson · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

I am sorry... I said mapi and I meant to put IMAP...

Thanks for your help.. Is there an easy way to add rules to a mailbox short
of opening the mailbox using outlook?

Thanks again

"Rich Matheisen [MVP]" wrote in message@4ax.com...
> "Austin Henderson" wrote:
>
> >Any way to view this information quickly?
> >
> >Perhaps use MAPI?
>
> Outlook already uses MAPI/RPC. What sort of client software are you
> using now?
>
> Using rules to put messages in different folders would speed the
> opeing of the mailbox. Fewer mesages in a folder means faster
> processing.
>
> --
> Rich Matheisen
> MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
> MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Rich Matheisen [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 797

"Austin Henderson" wrote:

>I am sorry... I said mapi and I meant to put IMAP...

Sure. IMAP will work, but it's going to download all the headers for
whatever folder(s) you're working on. Whether it'll be faser or not I
don't know.

>Thanks for your help.. Is there an easy way to add rules to a mailbox short
>of opening the mailbox using outlook?

Not that I know of. Check on www.slipstick.com -- maybe some's done it
already.

--
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm