Why does Mail delay for up to 30 seconds before sending messages?

This did not  happen in Mountain Lion and it's one of a number of annoying new things I'm encountering in Mavericks.
Every time I compose an email and hit "Send" the mail goes into the outbox and sits there for a while - sometimes a long while (up to 10 seconds or more) before it gets sent.
Not only that: I then get a message in "Mail activity" that a much larger number of messages is being sent. Even if I'm only sending one, "Mail activity" tells me that 5, 6, 10  messages are being sent.
Is anyone else wresting with these really annoying issues in Mail?

Double-checking all settings is good. Along the way, one thing to try:
Have a look at your SMTP server settings to see if the port is set to "default" or "custom".  If it is "default" try switching to custom using one of the numbers listed under "default". That fixed it for me on one of my accounts.
(To do all this:  Mail, Preferences, Accounts, Outgoing Mail Server, Edit SMTP server list, Advanced.)
charlie

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