[X4U] Apple Mail Password Issue

[Bill Fox]

Thanks, Richard, but I've essentially done that by deleting the whole  
account and re-establishing it. Bill

On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Richard Clark wrote:

> 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.