1. mail.app losing passwords

[sc at creativeartlink.com]

nothing worked... installed 10.2.3 ..did a restart... checked my  
keychain access deleted & recreated my password gave it always allow  
access ... ran keychain disk aid.... mail.app is still asking for my  
password every 10-15 minutes... even tho it checks every minute ....  
help ...it won't let me work ... and i do need to know when mail  
arrives ... i get busy & forget to check it manually.

> the keychain repair showed no problems.... but this was the 1st time  
> that i opened my keychain access and took a look... apparently on the  
> bottom pane ...ask for confirmation was checked ... am switching to  
> always allow... and hopefully this will solve the problem.
>
> i have often gotten a window asking if i would allow decription of my  
> mail accounts ( usually after installing an upgrade or patch) and i  
> always select 'always allow' but either that didn't hold or i missed  
> one ;-). will come back for more help if this doesn't solve it..
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> /s

>>
>>> ps ... got to the link below which didn't work for me by going to :
>>> http://www.apple.com
>>> clicked on the support tab
>>> and then entered the article # from below : 107234
>>>
>>> thanks... hope it works will report back.
>>>
>>> /s
>>
>>>
>>>> thank you martin & aaron... i've never authorized keychain to  
>>>> remember any passwords for me.... are you saying that mail.app has  
>>>> been using that anyway.. behind my back so to speak ... and it just  
>>>> became corrupted?
>>>> /s
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Sharon Cooper
Creative Art Link
http://www.creativeartlink.com
sc at creativeartlink.com

On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 09:40  PM, X-Applications wrote:
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:50:42 -0500
> Subject: Re: [X-Apps] 1. mail.app losing passwords
> From: Aaron Dickey <thewar at adelphia.net>
> Message-Id: <9BFAC258-12B9-11D7-B51A-000393BD0642 at adelphia.net>
>
> On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 08:57  AM, de Bernardo, Martin
> wrote:
>
>> I had the same problem and there is a utility to fix your keychain
>> problem
>> on Apples Knowledge base. That will do the trick.
>
> It's Keychain First Aid 1.0. Available here:
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/
> article.html?artnum=107234&SaveKCWindowURL=http%3A%2F%2Fkbase.info.appl 
> e
> .com%2Fcgi-
> bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePage&searchMode=Assiste 
> d
> &kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com&showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurve 
> y
> =false&sessionID=anonymous|160063882>
>
> --Aaron
>
>