Mail sound and slow

Hey,
This week I received my first iMac, so I am a newbie in the OS.
I tried to setup my e-mail accounts in the mail program from Apple. I managed to do that correctly.
But soon as I receive a message I don't get a sound (I checked every setting). It seems also a bit slower with receiving emails comparing to Windows Live Essentials Mail and with downloading the content in the e-mail.
Does somebody have a solution for this or is this normal? Thanks!

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