Mail doesn't open/download immediately

Is it normal to have incoming mail take awhile to open up?  The "loading" message comes on and runs for 10 seconds or more and the email does not appear immediately. 

Sounds normal to me, 10 seconds is a bit long but not really anything to worry about I think. I use Gmail IMAP and it usually takes a few seconds for the emails to begin coming in, usually about 3 or 4 seconds, it's got to do with your connection speed and the speed of the email sever.

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