OSX Lion 10.7.2 + Mail.app + iPhone 4 Tethering = Super Slow Internet

Hi Guys,
Not sure if this is a new issue...but it seems something has happened to OSX 10.7.2.
I was wondering why my Macbook Air couldn't connect to the internet when I tethered it to my iPhone 4...I tried unsuccessfully for several days...until I had this flash of insight to shut off the Mail.app.
Once I did that, internet came back on pronto, and everything was back to normal. I'm typing this with Mail.app deactivated...now I am accessing GMail from Safari.
This issue doesn't happen with WiFi though. So my guess is that Mail.app is somehow chewing up the limited bandwidth on my iPhone 4...but it wasn't doing anything last I checked.
Weird! Lion is quite buggy, I hope there's a fix for this

Hi Guys,
Not sure if this is a new issue...but it seems something has happened to OSX 10.7.2.
I was wondering why my Macbook Air couldn't connect to the internet when I tethered it to my iPhone 4...I tried unsuccessfully for several days...until I had this flash of insight to shut off the Mail.app.
Once I did that, internet came back on pronto, and everything was back to normal. I'm typing this with Mail.app deactivated...now I am accessing GMail from Safari.
This issue doesn't happen with WiFi though. So my guess is that Mail.app is somehow chewing up the limited bandwidth on my iPhone 4...but it wasn't doing anything last I checked.
Weird! Lion is quite buggy, I hope there's a fix for this

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