Checking mail takes forever

Mail takes a long time to check the server for new mail (minutes). Is this a problem with Mail, with the server, or what? How would I go about checking this? Note that sending mail through the same server is almost instantaneous.
Thanks,
Andy

Problem solved!
When I upgraded to Tiger, even though I copied my old Library files over, the Mail preferences apparently did not come with everything else. As a result, my messages were not being deleted from the mail server. Searching through 5000+ messages for the few new ones takes a while.

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