i have just reset for 5 minute checking ...but i don't understand why that would only occur on one of the 3 accounts that mall.app checks every minute ... the one with most of my mail naturally... it had happened with all of them for about a week but at present it only occurs with one... whether or not it contains mail.. thank you again ... will report back if the 5 minute request works. /s ======================= Sharon Cooper Creative Art Link http://www.creativeartlink.com sc at creativeartlink.com On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 09:36 PM, DMS wrote: > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:26:31 -0500 > Subject: Re: [X-Apps] 1. mail.app losing passwords > From: "David M. Shindell" <shindell at mac.com> > Message-Id: <A6F327C0-141E-11D7-871E-0003930C2FAE at mac.com> > > On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 07:22 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. > > SC: > I have seen an OCCASIONAL problem like this on Mail.app ONLY if I have > it set to check for new mail EVERY minute. Some mail servers seem to > report an error to Mail.app if they are queried too often. When set at > checking for new mail every 5 minutes, I have not had this problem > unless the mail server was temporarily malfunctioning. > DMS >