New Mac user here.....

I actually have 2 questions. First I installed Growl for e-mail notifications. I later deleted the file using app zapper. I thought this deleted all files associates with the application but I still see preferences for Growl Mail in the mail app. anyone know how to delete this?
Also, I have been experiencing the same problems that many have had after the last update with periodic failures of mail to send messages. It usually sends with one of my 3 accounts after several attempts, and even though it fails only sporadically, it is very frustrating. I edited all my mail accounts and still have the problem. I was wondering if anyone was having this issue and it was fixed with the Snow Leopard upgrade since all the apps were updated in that OS.
Thanks for helping out and old PC user. Still finding my way around, but love the experience.

Greetings,
If you're able to set preferences for Growl in Mail, then you still have the Growl bundle installed, so you need to get rid of that, along with the Preference Pane for it. You'll find them here:
Home/Library/Mail/Bundles
/Library/Preference Panes
Once you remove those, you should be able to restart Mail and not have any problems with Growl.
As for your other problem, I don't experience the issue you describe, so I cannot help with that. I'm inclined to say it's a sporadic, temporary problem with the mail server of your ISP or email provider.

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