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		kevinelliott on May 28, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail has become unusably slow Let's not forget that IMAP clients often queue the connection requests, so that when you hit Send it gives them illusion that it was quick, while it's often still sending in the background.

cmelbye on May 28, 2010 [–]

Gmail's web interface would do that too. It's not like it just blocks with a white page while it waits to send.

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