Slow outgoing email

Incoming mail is as quick as ever, but outgoing mail, even small or short emails take at least 30 seconds now, using either my iMac or Macbook. It seems to have happened since I changed routers after the previous one failed. My ISP help line couldn't help - they don't think it's the router settings, I've checked settings in Mail preferences, I've deleted old disused accounts & can't think what else to do. It's not an enormous problem but I would like it to be as fast as it was previously. There was a recent software update but I think that was just to Safari, nothing to do with Mail. Connection doctor shows the SMTP accounts succeeding but taking a long time. Thanks for any help.
Janet

Janet, the genius bar couldn't help because my ISP blocks access except from clients' computers using their home wi-fi! Apple said Time Warner had been a consistent thorn in their side this way. You can't test email from the store, only from home!
Carlo, my only NON-apple account (I have two personal accounts) is a google account. So "Svynchronize all accounts" does not appear under the Mailbox menu, only "synchronize google."
Anyway, Janet and Carlo, both: thank you. I finally fixed the issue myself, by going back to the account settings and calling Time Warner. Turns out, one of their techs had long ago told me how to adjust the settings when I'm away from home, and I'd failed to RE-adjust them once back.The change was instantaneous once I made the minor corrections. So nice to have the instant WOOSH of outgoing mail back again :-)
And nice, too, to know there are helpful folks like you on the forum.
Louise

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Slow outgoing emails

HI all....
I have been experiencing slow outgoing emails with it hanging at the very end when just about to send... ever since I upgraded oto 10.8.3 recently.... anyone else experiencing the same issue....
Can I reset my Mail app back to factory settings without ruining all my VIP favs, smart mailboxes etc..?....
I just wanna try and fix it that way...?
My service provider setup the account on Outlook and all working and performing fine.
Regards,
Anthony

If no change after the standard troubleshooting steps - powering the iPhone off and on, a reset which is similar to a computer restart, restoring the iPhone with iTunes from the iPhone's backup, and restoring as a new iPhone or not from the backup, make an appointment at an Apple Store if there is one nearby for the iPhone to be checked or a hardware problem.

Slow Outgoing Email after 10.5.4

Two weeks ago, I downloaded and installed the OS 10.5.4 Upgrade. Since I upgraded, the outgoing email on both my user account and on my wife's user account take between 27 and 37 seconds to go out, even if they are one-word messages with no attachments. I have spoken with my ISP and tried sending an email using Thunderbird. It shoots out a message in about a second - just like Mail used to do, so the ISP isn't at fault! Using Mail, the message does go out - eventually!
Trashing my own mail plist wouldn't account for the fact that this Mail slowdown is global on our Mac.
When I run Activity Monitor with Mail, I see that Mail is trying to handshake with my ISP for most of the time, but when the handshake has been made, the message goes out immediately.
I have no problem receiving email promptly and my Internet upload and download speeds are just fine. I have fixed permissions, but that does nothing.
Everything points an accusing finger at Mail after the 10.5.4 Upgrade.
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I was also observing an inordinate delay for sending Mail messages, which led me to this thread. Thank you for offering the solution to manually add the DNS addresses to the computer's System Preferences. That did the trick for me.
In my case, I located these two IP addresses (primary and secondary) in my router, which in turn had retrieved them from the ISP as a function of DHCP. I wonder if earlier versions of Apple's O/S populated these values in System Preferences or whether this behavior has more to do with changes (or a bug) in Mail itself.

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Outgoing email is very slow. Happened suddenly with no changes being made to the Thunderbird account. Have checked with server (Execulink telecom) and we have no problems sending directly from their web mail site. Takes almost 30 seconds to send an email with no attachments.

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TS3276 I cannot connect to my outgoing email server on my macBook pro, yet I can, for the same email account on my iPad. Also I can send emails from the other email account I have on my MacBook...really confused can anyone help?

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TS3899 When sending email from the Mail App or through other Apps, my default From: address will change when I enter a To: address. This sometimes leads me to send the email from the wrong outgoing email account. It is frustrating and poor design.

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3rd party email addresses have to be deleted on every synmced mac product, although I have 1and1.co.uk and my imac updatetes the mails in that account from mac mail.
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dominic is correct in saying, "The photo image in the mail composing window will not be sent along with the message." The only way anyone recieving your mail would have that picture is if they had that picture of you in their Contacts, which is highly unlikely.
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If you've added the account into the iPad and you are unable to send email from it, then please follow the troubleshooting in the article below.
Get help with Mail on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
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Hello,
I haven't been able to find exactly what I'm looking for elsewhere on the interwebs.
I want to be able to set up the Apple Mail app on my Mac to send outgoing emails only from my Gmail account. I use the Gmail website and my iPhone for sending/receiving emails and I don't want or have a need for all of my Gmail emails to be downloaded into the Apple Mail app or for new emails to appear in the Mail app as they come in.
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Great news, thanks!

How can I NOT have my outgoing emails accumulate on gmail?

I'm using Thunderbird with gmail via POP3, not IMAP. I want to just grab the emails, download them to my PC, and delete them from gmail. That part works great. But with both TB and my previous Outlook 2000, my outgoing emails end up staying on the gmail server. I see no control in TB nor on the gmail site to say "delete outgoing emails after sending" like is done when receiving.
Is this just the nature of email systems?
So every couple months I log onto gmail manually, and delete all of them. I just don't like my emails being available to a hacker.
Are there any settings to accomplish this?
Thanks.

You're right, for a POP account, the option "Place a Copy in:" in TB, under Account Settings/Copies and Folders would only enable/disable local copies to the Sent folder. If you want local copies, leave it checked.
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The 'Other' option in TB can be used to chose another account's Sent folder, e.g. underneath 'Local Folders'.

How can I attach multiple filled-form PDFs to the same outgoing email on iPhone/iPad?

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I'm a therapist and need to have a privacy statement/disclaimer below my signature on my outgoing emails...something like the following:
STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE
The contents of this e-mail (including its attachments) are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any other distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. Email is not a secure medium of communication and should not be used for transmitting private and confidential information.
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I would like my outgoing email to automatically add a signature box like the following example:
Dianne Merryl
Prudential top 3% nationally
cell: 818...
Office
17800 Ventura Blvd

Hi DianneMerryl,
Firefox is a web browser. It displays the content of existing sites. Things like email or page contents come from the content provider. Who is your email provider? You'll probably have better luck consulting their help documentation.
That being said, most email providers do have this option available. Here are some links that might help:
* [http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8395 Creating a Gmail Signature]
* [http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ymail/basics/basics-66.html Yahoo Signature]
* [http://explore.live.com/hotmail-get-started?T1=t6 Hotmail Signature]
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TS3276 how does one select a folder for an outgoing email, prior to sending out that email?

I would like to know what I need to do to select a folder for my outgoing emails before I send them. In other words, if I am sending a message to someone, Outlook has the option to select the folder where you would like to save the outgoing email to. That way, you are able to document all of your important outgoing emails. I was wondering if Apple mail had the same option. I know you can set rules up, the challenge is that the rules do not always apply depending on the email messages.
Thank you for your assistance.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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