Asks for a password on a account that doesn't exist

Hi there, I hope someone can help me with this problem.
Mail has a popup asking me to enter a password for a gmail account that is trying to connect to a smtp.mountaincable.net. I have deleted all the accounts from mail and went through keychain and deleted all the smtp and pop email accounts but this popup still persists. How can I remove this popup and delete this email account for good?
I setup mail with 3 email accounts, 2 @gmail and 1 @mountaincable.net. Somehow one of the gmail accounts has attempted to connect to smtp.mountaincable.net. I don't use this gmail account anymore.
I have searched this forum and seen others who have had similar issues but nothing has been able to resolve this issue for me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Check your smtp servers, it's likely to be there
Mail/Preferences/Accounts/Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)/Edit SMTP Server List
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