Outgoing mail intermittent (new in 10.5)

For some months I have been having intermittent problems with outgoing mail on my private smtp server (the university server via VPN is fine). I get the usual 'cannot send mail using....' message, either immediately or after 20secs or so. I had originally supposed an intermittent problem at my ISP, since the issue seemed to come and go randomly, but in fact I now find that the issue ALWAYS goes away if I quit Mail and re-start (Mail, not the machine). Queued messages then go out normally. The fast fix has always been to set up the VPN and use the university server (which works fine for the same messages), but this is a bit irritating.
I cannot see this exact problem in the discussions, though others have outgoing mail problems newly in 10.5.
I have used Mail on the same servers for many years without this problem. FTR incoming mail is POP and from two different servers (and seems fine).
I note that the message is the same as that from the very annoying Mail behaviour whereby one cannot control the outgoing server directly, but have to wait for a 'fail' message and then re-select the correct server from a pop-up. Yes I have begged Apple for a fix for this silly process allowing me to directly (or via location switch) control the outgoing server instead of having Mail pointlessly attempt to contact a known-to-be-unavailable remote server! However, Mail has always done this and this new effect seems different.
All suggestions welcome! (I have tried deleting & re-creating the accounts and server entries).

I am having this same problem. That being Mail fails to pick the correct outgoing server when I am in different locations, using a different ISP. Mail goes through a long attempt to send, then gives you the message that it cannot send on server xxx, and gives you the choice to choose the one that is required from your present location. It is very annoying and time wasting! I have no problem when I am at work. If I go to my apartment where I have a different ISP (because it is my only choice), I cannot send an email without going through this hassle. When I go to my home where I have another different ISP, I have the same problem. If I am in a hotel, same problem. The problem goes away after Mail fails to send and I pick the correct outgoing server (sometimes it fails twice). However, if I quit mail and then go back to send email again, I have to go through this inconvenience again. We need the ability to choose the correct outgoing server to match the location and ISP that we are using at the time. Surely it can't be that hard to fix this.

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