[X4U] Apple Mail Password Issue

[Bill Fox]

Permissions are set correctly (Read&Write) for all Mail/Keychain  
plists and repair fixed some things but did not help this problem.  
Thanks for the suggestion. Bill

On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Bill Fox wrote:

> Thanks, Russell. I think I tried repairing permissions several times  
> early on but I'll try it again. Also, I'll specifically check the  
> Mail preferences permissions. Bill
>
> On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Russell McGaha wrote:
>
>> Bill;
>> 	You have a permissions' issue with mail preferences.  I had the  
>> same problem.  I just don remember the exact file and path.
>>
>> Russell
>>
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:53 PM, Bill Fox wrote:
>>
>>> I've come across what appears to be an unsolvable problem with  
>>> Mail. Ever since my wife got a new Intel iMac running Tiger and I  
>>> used Migration Assistant to transfer her data from her older G5  
>>> iMac, Mail refuses to "save" her password, i.e. every time she  
>>> opens Mail after a restart she has to enter her Mail password to  
>>> use Mail.
>>>
>>> I have tried many things. I have deleted the account and set up a  
>>> new one. I erased the drive and reinstalled Tiger and reimported  
>>> her data using Migration Assistant. I have deleted every plist  
>>> that I can find associated with Apple Mail. I have deleted her  
>>> Keychain and every plist that I can find associated with Keychain.  
>>> The problem has persisted through an upgrade to Leopard and an  
>>> Archive and Install with Leopard.
>>>
>>> Maybe I haven't found the right plist to delete to fix this  
>>> problem. Does anyone have an idea other than using a fresh install  
>>> of Leopard and not using Miragtion Assistant which is obviously  
>>> moving the bad file along with all of her data? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Bill