Delayed Automator generated Mail message

I wrote a simple Automator application that launches Mail, creates a new message adds two files as attachments and then sends the message to me from my father's Mac mini (10.5.7). It is set as a login item so that it runs each time my father logs on or whenever he manually runs the application.
The problem is that while the application steps all see to process properly, when it sends the mail message it doesn't always immediately get sent. Sometimes they are delayed by minutes other times by hours. He has a persistent DSL connection. What could be causing this delayed sending?

See my response to your other post (same subject details).

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