# Slower sending messages

**URL:** <https://support.delta.chat/t/slower-sending-messages/5864>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/slower-sending-messages/5864 "2026-10-02T21:43:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![duub](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/duub/32/3238_2.png) [@duub](https://support.delta.chat/u/duub)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/slower-sending-messages/5864/1 "2026-10-02T21:43:16Z")

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**Delta Chat version**

v2.62.0

**Expected behavior**

send a message, being marked with the tick in few seconds

**Actual behavior**

It takes around 2 minutes to being marked with the tick

**Steps to reproduce the problem**

1. send a message

I think that is something that happens since the latest release…

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**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/slower-sending-messages/5864/2 "2026-10-02T22:00:56Z")

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How many relays do you have configured? With 2.62.0 the last relay in the list of relays is used. If it is slow, removing it or adding another relay should help.

It could be useful if you can say which relay is slow, maybe we can contact the operator or figure out some workaround to switch to using another relay automatically.

There is a related issue about having to wait for 1-2 minutes if your last relay is simply not reachable:

> <https://github.com/chatmail/core/issues/8762>
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> Reported from an operator: they had their relay down for some time, and users wh…o had it as their first relay then got 1-2 minutes delays when they sent a message. It's not a surprise because smtp is currently always tried in the same fixed order, every time. But it's a bug in the user experience, and somewhat of a downgrade from before 2.62 where users could influence what is the sending relay.

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**Author:** ![duub](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/duub/32/3238_2.png) [@duub](https://support.delta.chat/u/duub)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/slower-sending-messages/5864/3 "2026-10-02T22:14:23Z")

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I forgot to search on the repo… that was my case… I’m using 5 relays and the last one is a self-hosted relay wich I recently installed and still don’t know much how it works and how to fix it when it stops working… Thanks!