Imac apple mail 6.6 won't sometimes send

I am having trouble with Apple Mail 6.6.
A couple of times a day it won't send outgoing mail and of course it always happens when I'm in a hurry. The rest of the time it is working fine. I host my account at GoDaddy and they have confirmed that alll of my mail settings are correct.
POP Account, Outgoing mail server (SMTP) smtpout.secureserver.net: (my email address), Port 110 (confirmed with GoDaddy). "Use SSL" is unchecked (confirmed with GoDaddy).
The message I receive is:
"Cannot send message using the server smtpout.secureserver.net: (my email address). Sending the message content to the server failed. Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent."
It gives me the option to check the connection status which show that both incoming and outgoing connections are successful.
I am using an iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7.
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OS X Version 10.8.5
Apple Mail Version 6.6
I appreciate any help. Let me know if any further information is required.
Thank you!

Try to edit the message and then close it but don't save it (copy and paste content somewhere if you want). Then check your settings to make sure they are correct using the site https://ssl.apple.com/support/mail-settings-lookup/
Go to your email that your are using (in safari or whatever browser you use) and log into it to make sure you know your user name and password. Then go in and check your settings and make sure the settings are correct. If those setting are correct remove or delete the account and re-add it.
If that doesn't work you'll probably need to either rebuild or or reindex the mail. To rebuild you would go to Mailbox>Rebuild (at the bottom). For the reindexing 1) quit mail (mail menu>quit mail)
2) Open Finder: Click Go at the top of your screen and click Library (hold option for it Library to appear) then Mail then V2 then MailData and delete all files starting with Envelope Index
3) Open Mail
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