[X4U] Apple Mail Password Issue

[Bill Fox]

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.
>>
>> Bill