[X4U] Apple Mail problem

[Randy B. Singer]

On Aug 26, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Murray E. Milligan wrote:

> I've noticed quite a lot lately when I leave my mail program  
> running in the background, I start to receive these annoying  
> windows popping up telling me to insert my password for my account.  
> I cancel this window, then instruct mail to go back online and  
> download my mail which it dows.

It is due to a timing problem within Mail with respect to certain  
ISP's.  Mail gives the password before your ISP's server is ready for  
it.  When the server is ready for it, the password has already been  
given, and the server requests it again.

There is a potential work-around for the problem here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1662481

"...[go] into the Keychain application, located in the Utilities  
folder. In the upper left column, highlight "log-in." In the lower  
left column, highlight "passwords." In the right window scroll until  
you find your "mail.comcast.net and smtp.comcast.net" or whatever  
your internet service provider incoming/outgoing mail servers are  
called. Double click on each which will bring up an attributes/access  
control window. Select access control. Then select the bullet next to  
"allow all applications to access this item." Make sure you do this  
for both the incoming server (mail.comcast.net) and outgoing server  
(smtp.comcast.net) keychain items. "


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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