Send Mail is very... very slow!!!

Over the past week I have noticed that when I go to send a message or reply to a message... it is very slow. It is almost similar to when you send a large attachment... the only problem... I am not sending anything except the email.
Any thoughts or suggestions? I just did a fresh OSX install and it is still the same. Very slow. I have a 15/2 internet connection... I have tested that and it is good.
Thanks,
Ronnie

Same problem and found that the a feature in leopard mail accounts caused the problem .. I work from several places and to make it easier to send mail rather than selecting new from everytime I changed the account to allow other servers to be used .. it was slow to send all the time .....then today 4-5 weeks later I decided to change the setting back to this server only. voila.... speed again..
go to mail preferences accounts and tick the outgoing server to use only this server....
I made the change when i got my new Macbook pro....(should have left alone)

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