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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007Mail App problem with PW
My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my Keychain" but obviously my Keychain never remembers, since this dialog keeps popping up. Very annoying. Is there anything I can do about it?  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Could you clarify a little? Is your server rejecting your password outright, or is keychain just randomly forgetting it? If the server is just rejecting the password, what keychain is doing is normal; it won't store incorrect passwords (in Mail, at least). > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my > Keychain" but obviously my Keychain never remembers, since this dialog > keeps popping up. > > Very annoying. Is there anything I can do about it? The problem isn't with the POP server, it's Mail's brain-dead way of saying "I can't connect with the server right now but don't have any way to tell you." File a bug report and maybe Apple will fix this some day. SignatureHelp improve usenet. Kill-file Google Groups. http://improve-usenet.org/ > > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > File a bug report and maybe Apple will fix this some day. This is not true. If Mail can't connect with the server it gives a different error. What the above means is "I can connect, but login failed, and don't know why." The problem is that the POP protocol doesn't provide a way to distinguish different types of errors. If the server reports an error after the client sends the username and password, Mail.app assumes that the problem is with the username or password, and asks you to re-enter them. But it could be that there's a problem with your POP account, or the server might be undergoing maintenance. Along with the nondescriptive error code, the POP protocol includes a textual description of the problem. Mail's only real fault in this regard is that it doesn't display this text when it reports the error. I can partly understand this, as these messages can often be pretty cryptic, like "box locked". But omitting them entirely leaves users totally in the dark, so it can't really be preferable. The only way to discover this is to run a packet capture program like tcpdump or Wireshark and look at the messages going back and forth. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my > Keychain" but obviously my Keychain never remembers, since this dialog > keeps popping up. > > Very annoying. Is there anything I can do about it? My ISP requires that I re-enter my password every two weeks. I used to have your problem when I was running Panther but after installing Leopard (a reformat & clean install), I no longer have the problem. In article <wyvern-BD447F.12493514122007@sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Madwen <wyvern@nospam.invalid> wrote: > > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > installing Leopard (a reformat & clean install), I no longer have the > problem. Thanks to all who replied. To clarify, I get this dialog randomlynot when I connect, or when I wake the computer in the morning, but "out of the blue". I am working on something else, and suddenly I notice my mail icon is popping up and down in the dock. I investigate and find this dialog again. I then re-enter my PW and all is gooduntil the next time. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > In article > <wyvern-BD447F.12493514122007@sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Madwen [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > this dialog again. I then re-enter my PW and all is good‹until the next > time. You obviously have Mail running in the background, and it's set to check for new mail every few minutes. If the server reports a problem during one of these checks you'll get this pop-up. You don't have to re-enter your password, just click the "Cancel" button. It will continue to use the password that's saved in Key Chain. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > > In article > > <wyvern-BD447F.12493514122007@sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>, Madwen [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > You don't have to re-enter your password, just click the "Cancel" > button. It will continue to use the password that's saved in Key Chain. Thanks Barry. Good tip; never thought of that. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > My POP server keeps rejecting my password and asking me to re-enter it, > which I do. I always check the box reading: "Remember PW in my [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com I got rid of Mail.app for this same reason and was sick of not getting any replies to my emails from Apple so I went with Eudora. Was happy with it on my Perfoma and iMac before I got my iBook G4. |
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