> I use VM for email, and it's *very* slow to send emails when I'm
> connected to my university network. It's noticeably slow at home
> sometimes too, but not so bad. For example, after I compose a message
> and send it with C-c C-c I'll see the message in the mini-buffer
> indicating that the message has been copied to my sent folder, but the
> actual message remains on the screen for 10 seconds or more, and during
> this time I cannot interact with Emacs.
>
> This same behaviour occurs when I send a message using the regular emacs
> M-x mail command, so I don't think it's VM specific. Is there something
> I can tweak in my configuration to correct this? Any other tips? I don't
> notice this problem in Gnus, but opening Gnus itself takes a very long
> time when I'm using the...