[X4U] mail.app "loses" password

Kirk McElhearn kirkmc at mac.com
Thu Feb 1 09:05:53 PST 2007


On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:54 PM, nk wrote:

> it happens to me at least once/week, to one or more of my accounts:  
> I'll see a password dialogue box, and that account goes gray.  
> mail.app tells me it doesn't have the password, or has the wrong  
> password, etc.
>
> quitting mail.app usually fixes the problem, but why does this  
> arise in the first place?

In my case, I see that occasionally when one of my mail servers has a  
glitch. It usually rectifies a few minutes later.


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