thank you tom ...no it has never been checked altho i have tried every other authentication method on the advanced list. /s ======================= S.Cooper Creative Art Link http://www.creativeartlink.com sc at creativeartlink.com On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 09:36 PM, Tom Karns wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:22:37 -0800 > Subject: Re: [X-Apps] 1. mail.app losing passwords > From: Thomas Karns <tomak223 at mac.com> > Message-Id: <24C06CAE-13B1-11D7-9817-003065F290AC at mac.com> > > On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 04:16 PM, sc at creativeartlink.com > wrote: > >> 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. > > I have never seen this behavior myself. The only thing I can think to > check is this. Go to Mail->preferences->accounts > ->edit->options. See if use secure sockets layer is checked [SSL]. If > it is maybe un-checking it may help. > > Tom K. >