Ongoing Keychain-Mail problem

I guess the last discussion was removed for some reason, so I'll start another one. Myself along with many others seem to be having problems getting Keychain to remember the password for our mail accounts. I have tried everything that I have found on the internet but still cannot solve this problem. SBC (my DSL provider) informed me that it is a Mail problem, and it makes sense. Anyone know how to fix it or if you're listening Apple, can you update Keychain for us?

SBC (my DSL provider) informed me that it is a Mail problem,
and it makes sense.
This is not a Mail problem. If a Mail problem then many more Mail users besides SBC customers would be reporting the same which is not the case. SBC customers who are Windows users are also experiencing the same.
SBC has reported to Apple and to some of their customers who have complained, they are having problems affecting some of their mail servers, not all.
The request for authentication fails within a too short period for the transactions to be authorized.
You need to contact SBC and ask when they expect to have their server problems resolved and/or be patient until they do. When they tell you this is an Apple/Mail problem, ask them about the reports by Windows users with the same problem.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14975554~days=9999
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14928030

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2. Type 'Keychain' in the search bar and press 'return'.
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4. Click on and delete all entries that start with 'imap...' and 'smtp...'.
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