Mail messages take forever to send.

Simple messages, without attachments, html, etc. just sit there and the sending gear spins. My activity window shows a long stall in the activity bar before it begins sending. This just began happening yesterday. Me, or my provider? If me, please tell me what voodoo I need to employ to fix this. TIA.
-mj
Message was edited by: macjack

Hi mj,
Most frequently this appears to be the result of not properly negotiating the DNS address automatically. For me, with Leopard, it was always a problem until I stumbled on providing the primary and secondary DNS Server addresses manually into the Modem, while for a good friend the need to do this did not immediately arise, but did later.
If you get the correct addresses from your ISP you may simply be able to enter them in Network Preference panes, but I accessed my Modem directly from the browser and entered them. It seems more logical to do that if using a router and multiple computers.
I think your provider changed something -- it may or may not get changed back. In the Activity window, what you should be seeing is a long time being used to connect and then a short time transmitting. You can test further by preparing two messages to send, then send the first one and as soon as it swooshes, send the second. If DNS, the second one should go almost immediately.
Ernie
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