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mail.app constantly forgets pop passwords
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Ottawa, ON
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i have a few pop accounts that i use with mail.app, and one of the accounts constantly asks me for my password, so i reenter it, and click on remember password.. the mail downloads fine.. it'll work fine for a while, and then all of a suddent, it does it asks me again.. I've reentered the password in the accounts pane many times, but this doesnt help..
This is the third problem i've had with mail.app in the past few days, but i really want to stay with it, and not the beast that is entourage.
any ideas?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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i've had that problem too, sporadically, but i've found that when it usually happens, there's something wrong on the server side of things. usually, if it happens, i quit mail, and try to get my mail with a web based service, and it ends up failing that way too.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2001
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I've noticed this more with 10.3's Mail.app then I ever did under Jaguar as well....
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: New York, NY
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how frequently do you have it set to check for messages? If it's too short an interval, Mail may get an error it interprets as an errant password every once in a while (i.e. when the POP server thinks you're still logged in from the last time)
You don't need to actually re-enter your password, just hit cancel and try again.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: melbourne, australia
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so what is a 'short interval': i've got mine @ 5 minutes
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Australia
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Sounds like your Keychain is corrupted. There's a cool little app on Apple's support site somewhere called "Keychain First Aid" (at least it used to be there, do a search for it). I'm not sure if its compatible with 10.3 or not.
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Not compatible with Windows
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: CO
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Ive actually had less of that trouble since upgrading to Panther... after having to re-enter a bunch of pw right after the upgrade.
For the moment, Apple describes Keychain FirstAid as working through 10.2 (though does not SAY that it's broken on 10.3):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107234
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TOMBSTONE: "He's trashed his last preferences"
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Bunch of Islands in the Pacific
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Hi all in Panther Keychain first aid is under the windows menu in the Keychain access app; or if Keychain access is open press command,option,a.
hope that helps.
silverghost
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"In my madness my eyes are now open"
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