I wonder if the simple tests could be sped up by using the testing profile. I think it might be as simple as adding the following line before the setup function:

<?php
protected $profile = 'testing';
?>

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danepowell commented
Title: Speed up tests by using Testing profile » Speed up tests by using Testing profile (and other improvements)

Yup, here's the docs. There are other tips there as well.
http://groups.drupal.org/node/217189

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danepowell commented
Title: Speed up tests by using Testing profile (and other improvements) » Speed of simpletests
Status: Active » Fixed

For reference, tests previously ran in just over 2 minutes. Now it's about 1 minute 30 seconds. Modest improvement- not scientific by any means though.

http://drupalcode.org/project/mailhandler.git/commit/9097aec

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.