[X4U] Question on Mail Behavior

[Ed Gould]

I am having a problem/issue with my ISP. His mail server  
intermittently (guess here) is to busy to respond. Up until the  
latest update to mail everything seemed "OK".
Now on 2.1.3 (753.1) in mail. When the server is busy what happens is  
a window opens and Apple Mail  asks for your password.

I am probably going into the hospital next month for a few weeks. I  
normally let the email running and retrieve the mail off the server  
every ten minutes.

How can I get mail to *NOT* ask for a password  if the server is slow/ 
busy/whatever. I would prefer for it to stop and wait for the next  
retrieval NOT ask for a password).

This would be extremely nice as I don't want to be bouncing my email  
because the server is being a jerk.

Is there a way to do this? (not ask for password)

Ed