OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mac Mail Keeps Asking Password?
Jun 2, 2012
I'm having a hard time with this. My Yahoo! mail keeps asking for my password when I know I type it in correctly. I check the box where it says "Remember my password in keychain". Here is what I have done to solve it:Â
Reset / repair keychain in keychain preferences.Â
Reinstall Mac OS X LionÂ
Reformatted my SSD and put Lion on again.Â
Tried deleting the com.apple.mail.plist in ~/Library/PreferencesÂ
To no avail, it still keeps asking for my password. Keychain must have become corrupted as far as my Yahoo! mail is concerned.Â
Here is the specs on my computer: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4, 120 GB Intel SSD in Bay 1 (OS HD) and 500 GB WD Scorpio Blue (Data HDD) + 8 GB RAM. I have my account linked up to my 500 GB WD Data HDD and not my SSD. I am sure it has something to do with that, I am just not sure how to fix it. Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 29, 2012
Is there a way to have a different mail password instead of using the one that you use to login to Lion directly? Currently the two are the same login password = mail password.I'd like to have a different password for the two.Is this possible whether via command line or otherwise?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Mid-2011, 4Gb RAM
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Apr 9, 2012
Mail: "The server rejected the password" alert even with correct password?
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Mar 9, 2012
In Mail, I know how to go to Mail > Preferences to set up a password. I currently have a password set in this manner. When I open the Mail app, I can receive and send email without having to key in a password.What I want, however, is for Mail to prompt me for a password each time I start up the app. Is there a way to do this? As FYI, I do not want to store my Mail password in Keychain.
Info:MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Mar 14, 2012
Mac Mail keeps asking me for my mail password... this never happened with Windows... and it's really getting annoying..
Does anyone have a fix for this, I've tried resetting... restarting, re-entering the password in preferences. As soon as I re-enter the password at the prompt, no issue, I receive mail... but 30 secs later it asks me again...Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), iOS 5.1
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Feb 4, 2012
I have been using apple mail for a while now, I have 4 accounts on it (2 gmail accounts, 2 psmail accounts). All of a sudden yesterday both psmail accounts stopped sending and receiving emails, and apple mail started asking for my password. I am able to sign in to both accounts online, AND I am able to send and recieve emails via my ipod touch. So it seems to be a problem just with the mail app.Â
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Mar 18, 2012
I have my iCloud email, and gmail set up and there is never a glitch, why does my yahoo continue to pop up and ask me to reenter my password, i have erased and re entered the account twice now and it always happens, i even saved the password in the keychain, why does yahoo not work. it never has this problem on my iPhone.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 20, 2012
Mac mail application keeps asking for email account password for my each of my email addresses. I have a password noted in the mail preferences under each of my email accounts.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 4.3.2
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Jun 22, 2012
I have an older Power PC Mac that runs OS 10.4. Mail does not accept my password on this computer. So I can neither send or receive mail. While my Intel Mac that runs Lion & iCloud accepts the same pw and works fine. What should I do? There is no update for Power PC Mail application. Is this time to discard this older Mac completely?
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Apr 12, 2012
Since upgrading to OS Lion, my email account password is stored without my permission. I cannot delete it and keep the setting. This means my mail automatically logs in when the application is opened! (Many hours on tech support and escalated up the chain.Â
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Mac Mail , Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 14, 2012
I am using Mail for my various email accounts but the two imap accounts (AOL and iCloud) frequently get into a mode of demanding the password when Mail is launched. It might take up to 10 inputs to stop 'looping' the demand for the password.
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iMac and MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
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Apr 17, 2012
Upgraded to Lion fairly smoothly. All seems to be OK (hate the monochrome finder icons..another stupid change like removing the blue progress bar with SL) Main problem is mail rejects my password on my imac but it works fine on iphone and ipad.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 19, 2012
I have just upgraded my MacbookPro and my MacPro from 10.6 to 10.7.Â
For whatever reason - the MBP works fine and can access all my email accounts, whilst the MP is constantly rejecting the password for iCloud.Â
My Mobileme account was upgraded to iCloud several months ago and has been in daily use on both macs ever since.Â
The only difference in the upgrades is that the MBP upgrade was not a clean install, whereas the MP was installed with a clean hard drive and then all apps/data was transfered over. Disk permissions have been repaired and that has made no difference.Â
Both macs are on the same network, with the same passwords and same account settings.
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Mac Pro (Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.6), Xserve Raid 3.5tb, 12tb Infortrend
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Apr 20, 2012
why everytime I open mail or may MBP wake up, I need to type mail iCloud mail password?Â
I've already deleted the email account at mail settings and re-created it, but it didn't work either.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 26, 2012
I have the following problem: when I have opened e.g. a pdf or picture in the Preview application, and select "eMail PDF as attachment", the mail application opens, but asks me for the password for my 2 mail accounts (although they are saved in keychain)Â
- when I enter the password it is accepted
- when I enter the password and check the checkbox for saving it in keychain it is not accepted!? (therefore maybe a conflict with keychain)
- when I have already opened mail, no password is asked (so in this case it works)
- when I try to send a mail from any other application (e.g. office), no password is askedÂ
I tried already:Â
- repair permissions
- keychain first aid
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- lion recoveryÂ
I suspect a problem between Preview.app and keychain, but don't know where to look anymore?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 20, 2012
Using Apple Mail on Mac Pro , ver 10.7.4--have RCN as ISP Intermittently I receive a message saying "password rejected by pop server"-- I receive emails properly otherwise but out of nowhere this goes on for weeks. I had this problem on previous OS with Entourage. RCN said it was Apple. Apple said it was Entourage. Switched to Apple Mail now and getting same problem Apple says Under Pref-settings-advanced Use Authenticated Pop, instead of Password-but this doesn't work at all. RCN is useless, have no idea and blames apple. Applecare says " Oh, i don't know anything about AppleMail."Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), No Router No ICloud, No Airport Ext
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Apr 9, 2012
suddenly and i think this is the first time it has happened on this account My Freeserve pop mail account needs the password entered.BUT I entered it and I know it is correct. So why am I being asked for it again and again.I think I need to do something in the keychain but as I can;t remember exactly what I don;t want to mess it up.I need my mail as awaiting an important message.
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MBP 17, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Buffalo 1TB EHD iPad original 16gb
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Apr 18, 2012
Mail goes through periods where it constantly requests my password. At times it appears that the server accepts the password but comes back later in the day and asks again. Other times it appears not to accept my password and continually requests the password.
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Apr 19, 2012
How do I get imap.mail.yahoo to accept my password?
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 17, 2012
I am repeatedly asked for the password for a mail account that I have deleted. How can I stop this?
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Apr 4, 2012
Given that when setting up the iCloud account on Mail no password, as far as I remember, the procedure does not ask for a password (that infact is inexistent), I wonder why sometimes a dialog box like this one appears. It'a little bit bothering, as I have to press the "Cancel" button to dismiss it: the account works fine, though, and it couldn't be different, as I have no idea of what to write in that dialog box.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 1, 2014
For the last week or so I've been having an increasingly regular problem with Mail. Upon launching, the app opens a dialog window saying, "Mail can't connect to the Google account 'Gmail'. Enter the password for user (username)." Then when I enter the password, the app crashes. Sometimes clicking the "Cancel" botton allows the app to open, but sometimes that results in a crash as well. Also, when I can launch Mail successfully, sometimes when I try to send mail, the outgoing mail will sit in the Outbox unsent. Â
I've been getting these warnings with both my Yahoo and Gmail accounts. Until a few days ago I was using Yahoo as my primary account, but the inability to send mail caused me to switch to Gmail as my primary. After a couple days of smooth sailing, I'm now getting the same errors with my Gmail.
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Apr 2, 2012
I am using Macbook Pro (OS Lion), unable to send/receive emails. I have reset all settings (no help). Problem is temporarily resolved by logging into webmail but then issue returns once Apple Mail app is shut down and then re-opened. Server tech support (Rogers/Yahoo) says that the mail client keeps sending the wrong password so the account gets locked out. I have changed the password and re-entered all the mail settings?
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Mac Pro, Other OS
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Apr 14, 2012
Mail keeps quitting when I try to change my password in mail preferences.
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Jun 8, 2012
why is the server not allowing mail password to get my mac and me mail?
Info:MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), I am using my correct password
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Oct 7, 2005
I'm running Tiger on an iMac G5. I have had no problems with my mail account for the year that I've had the G5..until now. All of a sudden, I can't get my mail from my comcast pop account. It keeps asking for my password. When I enter the password (which I've had for over 6 years), it tells me that it is incorrect. So, I threw away my accounts and rebuilt them. Upon rebuilding, it said there was an error contacting comcast. What's confusing me is, I NEVER changed ANY setting and there was never a problem before a week ago. Needless to say, creating a new account didn't work. I called comcast, and SURPRISE!! they say it's a problem with Mac Mail and not Comcast. I verified my setting with them and they said that they were correct. The incoming is mail.comcast.net and the incoming is smtp.comcast.net - the port is set to the default of 25. If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it. I really on my email to get homework assignments, credit card statements, account verifications, and updates for software (garagesale updates almost daily). If you need any other info to help me, please feel free to ask. I will keep checking back - but have a lot of hwk. to get done tonight.
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Apr 15, 2012
I have just bought iMac and on installation did a transfer of settings from my Macbook Air. Now my iMac does not recognize my password or master password
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iMac
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Apr 25, 2012
Preview asking for user password on PDF file. There is no password.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 24, 2012
What's the migrated user's password if no PC password was used?
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iMac, Migration
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Apr 23, 2012
For the last week I find that after sending an email with attachments that it remains in my draft box after sending. The mail shows up in the sent box, but it never get's deleted from the draft box until I resend it. This is happening on both my MBP and iMac. Both machines connect to iCloud for mail.
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27" iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
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