[X4U] Apple Mail Password Issue

[Richard Clark]

Try to copy all the info and delete the mailbox and make a new one.  
Make sure you go and check the password type in prefs afterward  
though, I seem to remember OS X defaulting to something that didn't  
work.


On 20/mar/09, at 23:42, Bill Fox wrote:

> 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
>
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