Intermittent Send Failure

I've got Mail 2.1.3 (753.1) on a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.4.11. In the last few days Mail has developed an intermittent send failure. When I tell it to try again later and then open the same message in the Out Folder, it sends immediately.
This happens on new messages and responses, and can happen in the middle of an email discussion. It's about every three or four messages. I've repaired permissions, restarted, and looked for new software. Very annoying; help appreciated!

Wow, all that can be completely unchanged and suddenly start blocking mail between one message and the next?
Earthlink, POP, pop.earthink.net. smtp.earthlink.net:(my email addy), server port 587, MD5 Challenge-Response, SSL unchecked on port 110 with password authentication. All this came from a Helpful Earthlink Person. Of course, they do have a record of changing required settings without telling their customers...
I have two other Earthlink accounts on Mail. All three have the same settings. I just used those two accounts to send batches of three messages at a time back and forth to my main account. On the third pass, one message out of three did hang up on its way from a secondary account back to the primary. So it's not just that one account.
Progress!
Why do I feel this is now Earthlink... Could it be just because it always is?
Appreciate the help and patience!

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