Mail sometimes won't send message

I had this problem with Mavericks, and it persists with Yosemite, using Apple Mail in both cases. Specifically: I compose a message, click on Send, and the message goes to the Outbox and just sits - it won't actually send. I checked with my provider to make sure the settings were all correct, and they are. Even weirder, when this is happening I'm able to send mail - same account - from my iPad. I send and receive email several times a day, and it mostly works fine. THis problem happens, on average, maybe once a week or so. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Check the outgoing mail server setting. Make sure that your username and password are in there.
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Your email account>Account>Outgoing mail server - tap the server name next to SMTP and check in the primary server and make sure your username and password are entered and correct - even if it says that the password is optional.

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I see that mac.mail had a system-wide problem yesterday with sending mail for an hour, but I haven't been able to send mail since yesterday around 2 and still can't. I repeatedly get the timed-out on port 25 error message. I can receive email.
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o VI SMTP Email Send Message não suporta servidores SMTP que requerem autenticação. Se você quiser continuar utilizando este VI, você pode utilizar um servidor SMTP Local para testar o seu código. O link abaixo é de um servidor free:
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Para mais informações, consulte este link:
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