10.9.2 Mavericks GMail SMTP Problems, Slow. Mails in outbox first.

Hello
when i send just a simple text mail, it takes about 90 seconds until the mail is sent via Apple Mail. I only use one Mail account (Google) and i already deleted the account and recreated it. When i do a connection test in Apple mail, connecting to the SMTP-Server takes about 50 seconds. Every mail i send, is in outbox first. iCloud is not activated for mail and calendar.
Activating iCal/Calendar with Google is also not possible. I have to use this workaround:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24046998#24046998
It seems that Apple still has problems with Mail and Google.
Regards
Sebastian

Found this.
I had a similar problem, which I solved like this:
In the sidebar, there are various main headings in gray. If I hover the cursor over those headings, I see the words "show" or "hide."
I went to the heading "ON MY MAC," hovered the cursor over it, clicked on "show." Voilà! All my mailboxes, which hold archived emails sorted by topic, are now displayed!
Now the question is: Why is there no reference to this in any of the help documents anywhere?

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