Mail takes FOREVER to send. Suggestions?

I had this problem since I got my Mac and 10.5.6. I've been using Thunderbird but would like to be able to use Mail for the integration with the rest of OS X, iLife. Thunderbird works as expected, sending and receiving.
Receiving is fine, but sending takes about 20 seconds or longer to send just a one word text (test) message. Setting are identical to Thunderbird.
I was hoping SL would fix this. Any ideas why it takes so long to send?
Gene

Gene,
Try going into your SMTP settings for your mail server (Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts).
Where it says Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), drop down that list, then choose "Edit SMTP Server List...".
Choose the correct outbound mail server, click on "Advanced", then click the radio button for "Use custom port:". Enter 25 in that box. (If that doesn't work, you might call you ISP and ask what port they're using for SMTP).
Save those changes, then see if you can send any faster. If I understand correctly, Apple implemented some sort of "round robin" type scheme for choosing which mail port to use if you have the default "Use default ports" setting selected.
Hope this helps.

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