Mail taking REALLY long time to REPLY.

Hi, whenever I REPLY to an e-mail it seems to take ages before the message will appear.
Ie, I'm reading a message, hit reply and then I have to wait thirty seconds before it finally brings up the new message with the old one attached.
I can understand in large e-mails where there may be lots of graphics etc, but most of the time I receive plain text e-mails (free from all html) and it seems to take forever.
Does anyone know a way in which I might be able to "reset mail" like you can reset SAFARI, without loosing my e-mails and accounts. (sounds a bit stupid.)
TIA for any help.
Dan Walters
danielwaters(at)mac.com

Hi Dan.
How many accounts do you have and what type are they (POP, IMAP, .Mac)?
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Try disabling Search .Mac For Certificates in Keychain Access > Preferences if it’s enabled. Take a look at the following articles for an explanation of why this could be the problem:
http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/07/18/apple-mail-phones-home-too/
http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/mailapp_doesnt_phone_homeeither/

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