After update to 10.9 Why does mail always ask for password when opening

I have updated my iMac to 10.9 and now every time I open Mail, I have to type in my password. Does anyone know why or how to fix?

In the iCloud pane of System Preferences, uncheck the box marked Mail and check it again.

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John,
Try repairing disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
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This is crap!
I have the most advanced laptop on the planet and all of a sudden, one of the core applications starts asking for a password EVERY push!
I have input and re-input the the password both on the Live site and in Mail ... this is getting OLD!

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Mail keeps asking for password when I enter and try to send messages

When ever I enter 'mail' and then try to send messages it always ask for a password in both instances. I have changed the preferences and added the password and when I save the changes they don't appear as changed

OK. When you say that Mail doesn’t save the password, are you basing this solely on the fact that Mail keeps asking for it? Or is there something else that makes you believe Mail doesn’t save the password?
Open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access, choose Keychain First Aid from the application menu, and proceed to repair the keychain. If that doesn’t work, try removing the password entry from the keychain and let Mail create it again the next time it asks for it.

Mail keeps asking for password on opening program

I've looked at all the threads on this subject and tried all the recommendations. I most recently tried resetting my keychain access. Still no luck. It only happens on one of my 3 macs that are synced.
Any suggestions?

Is the password related to one of the email accounts? Mail tries to retrieve mail from all the accounts right after launch.
If you set up a new user account on the same Mac where you are getting asked for the password. Then launch mail and set up your email account(s) under the test user account, do you get the same problem? If not, then you might have a typo somewhere in your settings for the email account on that mac for the regular user.

Mail, always asks for password.. it's driving me crazy!

Lately my mail (2.1.3 version) icon bounces up and down when open, and a box pops up saying:
Enter password for account "POP account". The POP server"..." rejected the password for user "...." please re-enter your password, or cancel. Remember this password in my keychain.
I enter my password and ask it to remember it. It works fine for a short while before stalling then getting me to enter the password again. This is a new development and it worked fine before. Has anyone else experienced this? I have tried to look into mail prefs. to see if there is any adjustments to be made, but there seems to be none . The thing is even bouncing as I write this.. Thank you.

Hey guys I just posted on a similar thread about how I was able to fix the issue for me. i kept having problems with mail asking for my yahoo password. tried keychain repair, removing the account and adding it back, removing the plist file and even reinstalled 10.5 (not because of this) and the problem persist. So I went to my yahoo account settings and in to the Pop settings. There, listed were the exact configuration specs. I referenced those against my current configuration (which was Apple's automatic configuration) and noticed the inbound and outbound servers were missing the word "plus" in front of their respective servers addresses. Entered the correct address, and so far so good. It hasn't asked me for my password in over a week now so I think I'm safe. I would say, if you haven't already, double check your current configuration with something you find from your email provider, especially if you've used Apple's automatic setup. Hope this helps.

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On the iPad have you got Settings > General > Restrictions > Require Password set to 'immediately' ? The default is a 15 minute period during which it doesn't need to be re-entered. You can also turn off in-app purchases via the Restrictions screen.

Mail always asking for password

hello,
i have a new macbook where i run mail.app around the clock using a gmail imap account. all works well except about once a day a small window will appear asking me to enter my password. this is a problem because until i enter my password mail will stop retrieving my emails while waiting for me. and anyways mail.app already has my password in account setup i don't know why it's asking me again?
are there any solutions for this? thank you very much.
rick

thanks for the reply,
yes i've also been reading where the problem is with the connection rather than with mail. i've also read that setting the check for new mail to 5min is better than lowering it to 1min which is what i did. thanks for the input!
rick

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why does mail want pw for icloud each time it opens?

System Preferences>iCloud
Uncheck Mail from the apps that sync with iCloud.
It'll stop.

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Why does it keep asking for my password ?

Why does it keep asking for my password when i open the APP STORE ? Theres no updates and i aint downloading anything. Any help ? Thanks.

It shouldn't really ask you anything. One way to possibly forestall this from happening again would be to register and enter your own ID and password. The system won't ask you for anything else, since it has all the user info it needs.
When is it asking you questions? When the App Store opens? When you click on hyperlinks to documents?

Why does ipad keep asking for icloud every second?

why does ipad keep asking for icloud every second?

Hey there mcsafranek,
It sounds like you are getting prompted for your iCloud password very frequently. I would sign out of your iCloud account in Settings first:
On your iOS device’s Home screen, go to Settings > iCloud, then at the bottom of the screen, tap Delete Account.
From: iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2613
Then close all the running apps on the device:
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
When you have done that and restart the phone, sign back into iCloud, and test the issue again:
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If the issue persists could you relay what exactly the message says when it pops up?
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
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Back up all data before proceeding.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Keychain Access in the icon grid.
Select the login keychain from the list on the left side of the Keychain Access window. If your default keychain has a different name, select that.
If the lock icon in the top left corner of the window shows that the keychain is locked, click to unlock it. You'll be prompted for the keychain password, which is the same as your login password, unless you've changed it.
Right-click or control-click the login entry in the list. From the menu that pops up, select
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After update to 10.9 Why does mail always ask for password when opening

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