While many of us are using cloud-based email, some of us still cling to desktop clients. Re-indexing the email database will improve performance and search capabilities.
Fist: make sure you have a good backup before doing any database maintenance. Here are instructions on how to re-index most major email desktop clients:
- Apple Mail
- Outlook: may require reindex and compacting
- Thunderbird
- Windows Live Mail
After you run the re-indexing or compacting, your email program should be faster at finding messages, depending on what was causing the slowdown. Check out the above links for more information on how each individual program works.
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