Cannot send mail, but I can receive mail

Hey,
In the past few weeks, i have had major trouble in sending emails from my macbook via the mail application (program), but i am able to receive mail fine. is anyone able to give me some hints before i throw my macbook onto oncoming traffic (which is also running majorly slow since the last update). I have been sitting here for about 30 mins waiting to send an email.
thanks,

Need more information to help .... What operating system do you have? How much free disk space do you have?
In mail, on the menu bar, if you click window and connection doctor, does your outgoing mail have a red dot next to it? Does that tell you what the issue is? You can click show detail and check again if you want to see more information.
Performance. See this FAQ: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html . Many have found that running OnyX can help with performance. Download from http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php . Run the tasks on the cleaning and maintenance tabs. WIth any disk maintenance program, you should have your data backed up before using.

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