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E-mail so slow to send after Lion upgrade

Taking 5 minutes to send any e-mails using any SMTP server. tried 3 different networks and both laptop and quad core iMac. Mobile Me support wont help.

iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jul 24, 2011 7:09 AM

17 replies

Jul 27, 2012 11:42 AM in response to Glenn Carter

YES!! Glenn's solution worked for me! I already had "587" in the plist, but I replaced it and the first email I sent took half the time (15 secs instead of usual 35), and the very next I sent was instantaneous! Many thanks, Glenn!

Jul 28, 2012 7:28 AM in response to Anthony Sergi

Uh oh. Need to post this update:

When I first applied Glenn's solution, it worked great. By the next morning, sending mail was once again slow. If it helps, I can say that it takes exactly the same amount of time to send each email: 35 seconds. Please help! I don't recall having this problem ever in 10.6.x

E-mail so slow to send after Lion upgrade

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