Mail doesn't send

I'm having trouble sending mail although I'm receiving it.
I use Mail 1.3.11 under Mac OS X 10.3.9
on a Power Mac G3 B&W 400 Mhz with 1GB RAM
I've checked already with my Cable Provider twice and the settings (25 port, smtp servers, etc) seems to be fine
The strange thing is that it doesn't display any alert saying it wasn't able to send mail, putting the message on the sent box, so I can't tell if the message really reached or not the recipient.
I've been for months with this configuration. Only until now I'm having problems with Mail and sent messages
Any ideas or suggestions of how to resolve this?
Thanks in advance

Well I'm not at home anymore to check the port settings, but both accounts have been set up and running fine for months. We both use the smtp.mac.com as Outgoing.
The alarming thing about this issue is that any messages she sends via a browser through .Mac (ie not using Mail, but instead going to .Mac email online) also do not go through. But they give no indication that anything is wrong. They look like they were sent b/c she is taken back to the main inbox page, but they don't appear in the Sent Box and they don't make it to their destinations. Very odd...seems like this is a weird .Mac issue for her, but why all of a sudden?
I logged into her .Mac mail account here at work and tried to send emails and the same thing happened. None went through, though no error messages were given. She can receive emails without issue (both through Mail and through the browser).

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