Mail sometimes seems to hang up while sending mail

I noticed that half the time when I send mail using the built in email client to osx lion, sometimes it hangs on the sending. I see the message in outbox and the little circle animation just turns and turns. the entire time I am typing this, I just checked back and it is still turning.

I'm using iCloud with a me.com email address and standard account settings. ok, just checked and it finally went through.

Is there some setting which optimizes which servers to use, or is there some special smtp server I should be using?

Any insight?

 

No one is experiencing this?

 

I have that selected and yes, "use only this server" is checked.

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I just sent an and as we speak, the wheel is turning. funny there is nothing in the mail activity box at the bottom of the screen.

still spinning.

 

Not sure where the log file is stored. It has been taking about 1 minute or so to send. sometimes a but longer. MY internet is 15/5 FiOS, not amazing but definitely sufficient to send and receive text emails on an instantaneous timeframe.

I've just begun using this as my main mail a few days ago so I can't say it's a new problem or that it just started.

 

That gives me no such file or directory.

off topic: where's the best place for someone like me to learn the backend and terminal side of OS? I'm very friendly with linux but I must admit, as similar as OS is, it's also very dissimilar.

 

I'll keep a close eye on the log during my mail activity. I'll get back to you. thanks!

 

ok, mail is hanging up right now. here's the tail of my log:

Code:

mba13:~ moveright$ tail -f /var/log/system.log
May 25 06:13:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4b04b].com.apple.mail[575]: com.apple.Dataclass.DeviceLocator
May 25 06:13:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4b04b].com.apple.mail[575]: com.apple.Dataclass.Mail
May 25 06:13:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4b04b].com.apple.mail[575]: com.apple.Da
May 25 06:13:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4b04b].com.apple.mail[575]: taclass.Ubiquity
May 25 06:29:00 mba13 AddressBookSourceSync[581]: ServerNotifications: Setting delegate to APSD
May 25 06:29:00 mba13 AddressBookSourceSync[581]: Subscription request completed
May 25 06:29:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4e04e].com.googlecode.iterm2[591]: objc[591]: Class GrowlApplicationBridge is implemented in both /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/A/Growl and /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Growl. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 25 06:29:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4e04e].com.googlecode.iterm2[591]: objc[591]: Class GrowlDelegate is implemented in both /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/A/Growl and /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Growl. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 25 06:29:25 mba13 [0x0-0x4e04e].com.googlecode.iterm2[591]: objc[591]: Class GrowlPathUtilities is implemented in both /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/../Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/A/Growl and /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Growl. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
May 25 06:29:25 mba13 login[594]: USER_PROCESS: 594 ttys000
May 25 06:30:02 mba13 iTerm[591]: Components for \S+ are (
	    GrowlApplicationBridge
	)

took about 30 seconds to send that time.

And another interesting thing is that while the circle is spinning and it appears to be "sending" the email, there is nothing in the mail activity window.

 

you mean mailbox activity? The box in the lower left of the mail program or do you mean the system-wide activity monitor in utilities?

Yes, iCloud is the only mailbox I have set up.

 

I used to use webmail. hotmail or gmail. I'm not at my mac now but I will check out the activity monitor tonight and report back.