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In the past months this problem has gotten worse.
Even a text email with a few words takes six to ten seconds to send.
Why is Apple Mail so slow?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 512 Gb SSD, 16 Gb RAM,
Who is your internet service provider and what connection speed are you paying for?
Time Warner, and I get between 8 and 16 mbs
I believe there is your answer - I have about the same connection speed and sending email is slower than downloading files (as is uploading which is always considerably slower unless you are specifically paying for a higher upload speed). Mail contacts your ISP's server to send the mail - as soon as the connection is in place, the server is "in charge".
It used to be instantly, and upload speed is 1 mbs, which should be blazing fast for such small files to send out.
I sometimes send full resolution files to clients (5MB) and the sending time is not much longer than tiny text files.
I feel it has to do how Apple Mail connects to mail servers. There's a delay in that.
Also, when starting the computer, Apple Mail takes 40 seconds to a full minute to get my mail.
Apple Mail takes forever to send even text email
