Sending mail slowed down

Last few days, when sending mail, the wheel spins fpr a good 20 to 30 seconds before the router shows sending mail, ie flicking wireless light. Although our speeds are possibly the worlds slowest, it normally starts going straight away. I am on a 384kbps line. ISP is Mweb. They say my line is fine. Line via Telkom. They tell me all is well. Speedtest.net shows ping, .94ms , download , .38Mbps and upload is .11Mbps. It might be my imagination but it could be that when I click ' check mail ' after ' send ' it seems faster. Maybe thats just a timing thing. Any ideas? Thanks, Duncan

Clicking ' check mail ' makes no difference at all. Whatever I send, the wheel next to' sent' spins first for 35 seconds before 'mail activity' shows it's going. Since new, September '08, it's shown in 'mail activity' and went instantly. Or at least started going instantly, time dependant on size. Everything else is fine. Websites as quick as normal etc.

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