OE 6 Freezes when opening mail / creating mail

OE 6 Freezes when opening mail and creating mail.

My OE freezes when:
1. when opening mail
2. When I click on a particular mail to read it
2. When I click on the create mail button

It seems to do everthing else normally.
I can switch identities quickly etc. It sends mail quickly. I receive
mail quickly etc.

I do not see an hourglass. Sometimes it says OE not responding.

I made separate folders under OE local folders, transferred the Inbox
and Sent mail to these folders, deleted all the delete mails. I also
went offline and
compacted all the folders.

I have run Scandisk, Defrag, Virus scan etc.

But it still Freezes.

BTW I have switched to Netscape Browser as IE won't allow me to
download Word Docs( that's another problem I have).
Do you think using Netscape ( the latest version) and OE at the same
time is a problem ?


Pls. let me know how to solve this FREEZING problem I have with OE6.

I probably have about 1,000 emails in 5 or 6 diifferent email
identities on my OE.

Win ME, 192RAM, 750MHZ CPU, cable connection.

Thanks
Tina